Zelenskyy arrives in Türkiye ahead of Russia-Ukraine talks

By Busranur Keskinkilic and Efe Ozkan

ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday for a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace talks.

The plane carrying Zelenskyy landed at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport at 12.14 pm (0914GMT).

Zelenskyy was welcomed at the airport by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and officials who came to Türkiye for a NATO foreign ministers meeting in the southern Turkish city of Antalya.

Zelenskyy is later scheduled to meet with Erdogan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.