Overview
- Turkey and Ukraine, in an Istanbul meeting Saturday, set new steps for security cooperation and laid out plans for joint gas infrastructure projects and possible gas field development.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered Istanbul for the next talks that would include Ukraine, the United States and Russia, following his Friday call with Vladimir Putin urging restraint in the Black Sea.
- In Damascus on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky met President Ahmed al‑Sharaa and agreed to exchange military and security experience and to work together on food security and economic development.
- Ukraine and Syria agreed to reopen embassies in Kyiv and Damascus in the near future, restoring services for travelers, students and businesses that rely on direct consular support.
- Zelensky said Monday that teams are finalizing agreements from the trip and that Naftogaz’s chief is now working with Turkish officials on the energy agenda set in Istanbul.