President Recep Tayyip ErdoΔan held a lengthy meeting with Russian President Putin in Turkmenistan recently. In response to a question from journalists regarding the meeting, ErdoΔan said, βPeace is not far away; we can see it.β It is possible to read this statement not merely as an expression of hope, but as an assessment indicating that negotiating grounds have begun to mature and that an end is approaching.
This interpretation is reinforced by the Presidency's Directorate of Communicationsβ statement that βcomprehensive peace efforts in the Ukraine-Russia War were discussed,β which suggests that the two leaders addressed the issue in-depth.
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