Ukraine crisis: Zelensky welcomes offers to moderate talks with Russia

In a video message Saturday, he said that Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents offered to help organize talks

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By AP

Published: Sat 26 Feb 2022, 11:18 PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcoming efforts to open talks with Russia.

In a video message Saturday, Zelensky said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev offered to help organize talks and that “we can only welcome that.”

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Diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed have so far faltered.

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Zelensky offered Friday to negotiate a key Russian demand: that Ukraine declare itself neutral and abandon its ambition of joining NATO. But movement to actually advance any diplomacy has appeared to sputter.

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Published: Sat 26 Feb 2022, 11:18 PM

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