Erdogan welcomed Zelensky at the Presidential Palace of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, hosted Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, in Ankara on Thursday, May 15
After the welcoming ceremony, the parties discussed the next steps in peace talks with Russia
Hakan Fidan, the Turkish Foreign Minister, also expressed hope for the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv, saying that despite verbal insults between the two sides on the eve of negotiations, there is still hope for the start of talks
Upon arriving in Turkey, the Ukrainian President accused Moscow of bad faith in the negotiations, saying, ‘We have come here at the highest political and diplomatic level, but Russia has sent a fake delegation to Istanbul’
The Russian Foreign Ministry once again called Zelensky a clown