Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a telephone conversation, invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to act as an intermediary on the issue of creating a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

A source in the Turkish presidential office indicated that “Erdogan expressed deep satisfaction with the completion of the prisoner exchange process between Russia and Ukraine, for the successful conclusion of which he had worked with other parties for a long time, and Erdogan stressed that the grain agreement was working Erdogan stated that a similar approach could be We would like to express our opinion on the subject of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, offering to provide the necessary mediation and assistance in creating a demilitarized zone around the plant.

On September 21, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi announced that he “discussed on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly the issue of creating a Demilitarized Zone, including with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba and French President Emmanuel Macron.