Turkish president meets Russian Duma speaker for talks

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday received Russian parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in the capital Ankara for talks.

The Turkish presidency did not share any further information about the closed-door meeting between Erdogan and Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, at the presidential complex.

Earlier on Tuesday, Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop and Volodin discussed the development of ties between the parliaments of Türkiye and Russia, bilateral relations, and regional issues.

Türkiye has been in close contact with both Russia and Ukraine since Moscow launched a war on Ukraine. Erdogan has repeatedly stressed his wish to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together at a negotiating table in Türkiye to end the conflict.