Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, August 18.

Erdogan, who is in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on a day-long visit, held talks with Zelensky at the Potocki Palace. According to the Turkish presidency, the leaders were expected to discuss all aspects of Türkiye-Ukraine relations.

The closed-door meeting lasted around two hours.

The bilateral talks were followed by a trilateral summit with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Erdogan, Zelensky, and Guterres discussed steps that can be taken to end the Ukraine-Russia war through diplomatic means, and maintain the mechanism established for the export of Ukrainian grain to world markets, the Turkish presidency said.