Ankara is ready to help Moscow and Kiev pick up the settlement process “where they left off” in 2022, the president has said Türkiye has accepted Russia’s request to mediate direct peace talks with Ukraine, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The country previously hosted negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in 2022, which ultimately collapsed after Ukraine walked out. In a phone call on Sunday, Erdogan welcomed Putin’s recent statement suggesting