Turkish, Ukrainian presidents meet in Istanbul

By Berk Ozkan and Hatice Senses Kurukiz

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish and Ukrainian presidents met in Istanbul on Saturday.

The meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Zelensky is closed to the press and began at 3:45 p.m. local time (1245 GMT) at Huber Mansion.

Zelensky is in Istanbul to attend the 9th meeting of the Turkey-Ukraine High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council. Cooperation in the defense industry, free-trade agreement (FTA), and tourism are expected to top the agenda of the meeting.

The two leaders are also expected to hold a joint news conference.