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Recep Erdogan in Sochi, August 5, 2022 (photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool...

Russia views Erdogan as possible mediator in negotiations with Ukraine - Bloomberg

Recep Erdogan in Sochi, August 5, 2022 (photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool Via Reuters) Russia views Turkey President Recep Taiip Erdogan as a potential mediator in negotiations with Ukraine. About it reports Bloomberg on Friday, August 5, with reference to two sources "acquaintances with the thinking of the Kremlin", which spoke on the conditions of anonymity.

Turkey has long insisted on its role as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, but the Kremlin is still cool about this idea, the agency writes. According to Bloomberg interlocutors, the aggressor country does not mitigate its conditions for termination of hostilities, and negotiations with Ukraine that have been deadlocked are unlikely to be restored without "serious displacement of the military balance in favor of Putin.

" According to Bloomberg, the role of the mediator will strengthen Erdogan's international authority against the background of approaching the presidential election in Turkey in 2023 and inflation, which reaches almost 80%. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Chavushoglu expressed his hope that the Grain Agreement concluded in Istanbul could "serve as a basis for a broader ceasefire and peace plan.

" Bloomberg reminds that Turkey has condemned a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and has weapons weapons, but is refrained from accession to US and EU sanctions against Moscow and continues importing Russian energy. On August 5, Recep TaiP Erdogan arrived in Sochi for talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Earlier, he said that Western politicians "wrong approach" to the head of the Kremlin regime.

The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak said that a peace treaty with Russia is possible when Ukraine will restore its territorial integrity. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is ready for negotiations only if the aggressor country is ready to put an end to the war.