Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Istanbul, Turkey in August, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is reported by AFP and Reuters on Friday evening. This will be the first time Putin visits Turkey since the invasion of Ukraine 500 days ago. The announcement from the Turkish president came during a press conference together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At the meeting between the two presidents, Erdogan is said to have also discussed a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine with Zelenskyi. – Deserves NATO membership – Ukraine undoubtedly deserves NATO membership, Erdogan said at a meeting with the Ukrainian president.
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