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Turkey's presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday, his office has said.
Mr Kalin, who also serves as special adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal, the Turkish presidential office said.
A statement on the Turkish presidency's website gave no details about the meeting but Mr Kalin's visit comes as Turkey tries to mediate between Ukraine and Russia in an effort to end the war.
Turkey hosted a meeting between Moscow and Kyiv negotiators in Istanbul and another between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Antalya in March. However, the talks stalled after the discovery of mass civilian casualties Bucha, near Kyiv, after Russian troops pulled back from an attempt to seize the Ukrainian capital.
Mr Erdogan is now trying to pave the way for an Istanbul summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mr Zelenskyy.
Lower-level negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have continued throughout the conflict but without any breakthrough.
Mr Putin told UN chief Antonio Guterres in Moscow that he still held out hope for negotiations to end the war, which Russia calls a "special military operation".
"Despite the fact that the military operation is ongoing, we still hope that we will be able to reach agreements on the diplomatic track," Mr Putin told Mr Guterres in Moscow, in televised remarks.
"We are negotiating, we do not reject [talks]."
Ukraine has proposed an international agreement whereby other countries would guarantee its security. In return, Kyiv would not join Nato or host foreign military bases.
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
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Asian Champions League, last 16, first leg:
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Second leg:
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Libya's Gold
UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.
The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.
Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.
Electric scooters: some rules to remember
- Riders must be 14-years-old or over
- Wear a protective helmet
- Park the electric scooter in designated parking lots (if any)
- Do not leave electric scooter in locations that obstruct traffic or pedestrians
- Solo riders only, no passengers allowed
- Do not drive outside designated lanes
