Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Tuesday, welcomed Russian and Ukrainian negotiators as they arrived at his office in Dolmabahce Palace.
The arrival of the delegations to the Dolmabahce Palace was for talks to end the “tragedy,’’ Erdogan said.
He added that everyone would benefit from an immediate ceasefire.
Erdogan, who has garnered good relations with both Kiev and Moscow, said he remained optimistic of a ceasefire deal.
However, negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations were proving to be difficult.
Kiev wanted a withdrawal of Russian troops from its territories as well as additional security guarantees.
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Moscow is demanding that Ukraine renounce its NATO bid, recognise the breakaway eastern Ukrainian separatist areas as separate states and the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed in 2014, as part of Russia.
