Zelenskiy arrives in Istanbul for talks with Erdogan


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attend a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

KYIV, ⁠April 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived ​in Istanbul ⁠for ⁠talks with Turkey's ⁠President Tayyip ‌Erdogan, ⁠Zelenskiy's spokesman ​said ‌on Saturday.

The spokesman ⁠also ​told reporters ⁠that Zelenskiy would ​meet Patriarch Bartholomew, the ⁠most senior cleric in ​the ⁠Orthodox Church.

(Reporting ​by ‌Max Hunder;Editing ​by Alison Williams)

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