Erdogan met Putin: He noticed something surprising about the Russian leader’s behavior – Novy Chas

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Friday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is now more willing to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine than in the past. TASR took over the report from the British news station Sky News. “I saw that Putin is much more willing and open to negotiations on this issue than in the past,” Erdogan said after returning from a visit to Azerbaijan. The Turkish president also stated that he does not see any obstacles in extending the agreement on the export of grain from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, writes the British newspaper The Guardian. “I saw it during the conversations I had yesterday (Thursday) evening with (Ukrainian President) Volodymyr Zelensky, and also during the conversations with Vladimir Putin,” he added. This agreement, brokered by Turkey and the UN in the summer, expires at the end of November. It can be extended with the support of all parties involved – Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN.