Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Turkey, where Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end war

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press

ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Turkish government official says Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end the war, now in its third year. NATO-member Turkey has sought to balance its close relations with both Kyiv and Moscow and has repeatedly offered to act as a peace broker between them. The Turkish official says the talks will also focus on a possible new measure that would guarantee navigational safety of commercial vessels in the Black Sea.