KYIV, April 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived ⁠in Istanbul for "substantive" talks on security ‌issues with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Zelenskiy said on Saturday. "We are working to strengthen our partnership ​to ensure real protection of ⁠people’s lives, advance ⁠stability and guarantee security in our Europe, ⁠as ‌well as in the Middle East," Zelenskiy wrote on X. Ukraine has recently signed security ⁠co-operation agreements ​with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, and says it is in talks with ⁠several other Middle Eastern states ​about similar arrangements. After the outbreak of war in the Middle East, Ukraine has sought ⁠to leverage its counter-drone experience acquired during its four-year-long war against Russia. Zelenskiy's spokesman told reporters that Zelenskiy would ​meet Patriarch Bartholomew, the ‌most senior cleric in ​the Orthodox Church.

Source: The Star April 04, 2026 10:51 UTC