Erdogan convenes peace conference in Ukraine-Russia to end tensions | Ukraine-Russia Problems Issues

During a visit to Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan volunteered to hold a Ukraine-Russia summit as EU leaders added to the Kremlin to allay fears of possible Moscow insurgency.

The diplomatic crisis came as Russia accused the United States of inciting “conflicts” by sending 1,000 troops to Romania and 2,000 to Poland to bolster NATO’s eastern side.

As Moscow refuses to withdraw more than 100,000 troops from the Ukrainian border, powerful European leaders Germany and France say they are looking for possible visits to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to make his third phone call in a week with Putin later Thursday and talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Western powers have been making strong attempts – and threatening to be punished by Putin’s middle men – to thwart another attack on former Soviet Ukraine, despite strong opposition from Moscow.

Erdogan, who is following in his footsteps, also confirmed in a meeting with Zelenskyy that he wanted to hold a peace conference with Putin.

The Turkish leader is looking to improve his special relationship with Putin and to significantly support Kyiv to facilitate peace talks.

Zelenskyy thanked him for his efforts and stressed that he was “ready to do everything possible on all platforms and in all nations” to bring peace to Ukraine.

Sinem Koseoglu of Al Jazeera, who hails from Istanbul, said Erdogan has been “a mediator between Ukraine and Russia because he believes he can speak freely and freely” with Zelenskyy and Putin.

“[Erdogan] “He does not like to see two allies arguing, but if a NATO member, if Russia attacks Ukraine, Turkey will do what it takes to hold the east side of the Transatlantic war,” he said.

“But in reality, Turkey and Russia have good relations and cooperation between Libya, Syria and Libya. Nagorno-Karabakh That is why Erdogan has to be very careful when dealing with this issue …

Erdogan’s compulsion to sit down so far has been thwarted by the Kremlin’s outrage over NATO member Turkey’s offer of war drones to Kyiv – and the two sides on Thursday signed a new agreement seeking to expand the drone production in Ukraine.

‘Destructive steps’

In the midst of the embassy crisis, Washington angered Moscow by announcing the deployment of new troops to the two eastern NATO members.

“According to [Putin] “If we do, we will make sure that we reassure our NATO allies in eastern Europe that we are there,” President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.

The Kremlin urged the US to “stop escalating tensions” after Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko warned that “destructive” would make it difficult to bring about a compromise between the two sides.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby has confirmed that US forces need to show commitment to NATO, and no US troops can be sent to fight in Ukraine.

But this is unlikely to offend Putin, who has criticized the US and NATO for wanting to “be” Russia by placing the military and border forces at its borders.

Putin has called for confirmation that Ukraine will not join NATO and has threatened the former Soviet Union with forming a large military force.

Russia also wants NATO and the US to ban nuclear weapons near Russia’s borders and repatriate NATO troops to eastern Europe.

Putin has left the door open for dialogue, saying he is studying Western ideology established last month in response to Russia’s demands, and is waiting for a “response”.

But in a statement to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, he said “NATO’s reluctance to respond fully to Russia’s growing concerns”.

The Kremlin also said it had China’s support in the stand-off – a support that could be shown when Putin meets with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday at the opening of the Olympics.

Dangerous ‘Low’ Level

Although the US and UK have strongly warned of possible attacks on Russia, there are divisions about how it could happen.

Kyiv has warned of “fear” because it wants to protect its economy and its European allies are deeply protected by the prospect of an impending war.

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Thursday that “a possible rise from today seems to be a low point” because Kyiv did not see Moscow moving “militant groups” to the border.

Changing the language, the White House said Wednesday that it would no longer refer to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as “almost” – referring to the statement that Putin had already made a decision on the insurgency.

But tensions escalate as a result of exercise plans between Russia and neighboring Belarus, with Washington saying Moscow plans to send 30,000 troops.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke with them Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and overseeing the military in advance of joint trials later this month.

Moscow annexed the Crimea Peninsula in Ukraine in 2014 and has fueled a growing conflict in the east of the country that has since killed more than 13,000 people.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has warned that any increase in conflict could put more than 2 million people on the front lines.