Turkey's foreign minister to visit Kyiv after talks in Moscow on peace efforts

28/5/2025 19:07

Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Kyiv on Thursday for a two-day visit after discussing peace efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine in Moscow earlier this week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday.



Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held talks in Moscow on Monday and Tuesday, meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, including Moscow's top negotiator at talks in Istanbul earlier this month aimed at ending the three-year war.



In Kyiv, Fidan is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha, and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, who is also Kyiv's top negotiator with Russia, the source said.



During the talks, Fidan will repeat an offer to host further peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, the source added.



He will "point to the increasingly heavier negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, emphasising the need for the war to end through diplomacy, and for a fair and lasting peace to be achieved," the source said.



Fidan will also discuss bilateral ties, in relation to trade, energy, defence and security, while conveying Turkey's readiness to take part in Ukraine's post-war reconstruction.