Overview
- Zelensky met Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday at the Dolmabahce presidential office for roughly two hours, following Erdogan’s Friday call with Vladimir Putin.
- Turkey said it will keep backing negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and named Black Sea shipping safety and energy security as priorities.
- Erdogan offered Istanbul as the venue for a next round of talks, with Kyiv saying the format could include delegations from Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.
- The leaders agreed to new steps in security cooperation, with Ukraine set to share expertise and technology as working teams finalize the details in the coming days.
- They also discussed joint gas infrastructure and potential shared gas‑field development, and Russia publicly thanked Turkey for readiness to facilitate talks after Ankara’s past role hosting negotiations and the Black Sea grain deal.