Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held talks with Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, marking his first diplomatic engagement of the new year.
According to a statement shared by Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry, the meeting took place in Ankara on Thursday.
No details were disclosed, but the talks came at a moment of growing international optimism that renewed diplomatic momentum could help bring the nearly four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war closer to an end.
Türkiye, which maintains working relations with both Moscow and Kiev, has positioned itself as a key mediator since the conflict began, pushing for ceasefire efforts, prisoner exchanges, and negotiations aimed at ending the war.
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