Zelenskyy in Turkey where Erdogan seeks negotiations to end Ukraine war

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (Francisco Seco/AP)

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Istanbul for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan whose Nato-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Kyiv and Moscow and repeatedly offered to act as a peace-broker between them.

During the talks in Istanbul, Mr Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its third year, a Turkish government official said.