German Chancellor to meet President Erdogan in Ankara next week
German Chancellor to meet President Erdogan in Ankara next week
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Ankara next week to meet President Erdogan, who has, so far, attempted to maintain relations with Turkish ally Moscow and Kyiv.
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The German Chancellor and French President demanded an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call with President Putin on Thursday [source: Getty]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Turkey for the first time in his premiership on Monday as the country emerges as a potential mediator following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Scholz will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan followed by a joint press conference, the German chancellery said on Friday.
Turkey, a NATO member, has offered to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow, whose troops invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Turkey on Thursday hosted the first direct talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba since the beginning of the conflict.
The two ministers failed to agree on a ceasefire but pledged to continue the dialogue between their two countries.
Although an ally of Ukraine, which it supplies with combat drones, Ankara has also been careful to maintain relations with Russia, which it depends on for tourism, wheat and energy supplies.
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