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Ukraine's Zelenskyy in Turkey, where Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end Russia war
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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a joint news conference following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, early Saturday, July 8, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Istanbul for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Turkish government official says Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations Friday, March 8, 2024, to end the war, now into its third year. - photo by AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Istanbul on Friday for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Kyiv and Moscow and repeatedly offered to act as a peace broker between them. During the talks in Istanbul, Erdogan was expected to press for negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine, now in its third year, a Turkish government official said. Talks would also focus on a possible new measure that would guarantee navigational safety of commercial vessels in the Black Sea, the official said.