ISTANBUL: Turkiye said Saturday it was ready to push for local cease-fires in Ukraine and warned that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had the military means to “win the war.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin conceded that it seemed unlikely that the warring sides were ready to strike an “overarching peace deal” in the coming months.
But he said that the brutal cost of fighting might soon see them reconsider and accept localized truces in specific parts of the war zone.
“Turkiye is willing to push for local cease-fires and small localized de-escalations,” Kalin told reporters.
“Neither party is in a position to win the war militarily, on the ground.”
Erdogan has used his good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and mediate an end to the nearly 11-month war.
NATO member Turkiye hosted two early rounds of peace talks and helped strike a UN-backed agreement restoring Ukrainian grain deliveries across the Black Sea.
Erdogan has also held repeated rounds of phone consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky aimed at finding common ground.
Kalin said Russia was primarily interested in “security guarantees” from NATO and respect on the global stage.
“What Russia wants is to be respected as a major player and to (avoid) having NATO in their backyard,” Kalin said.
“Ukraine is not going to join NATO but they need to get enough security guarantee from Russia,” he said.
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Turkiye ready to push for ‘local cease-fires’ in Ukraine
- It seemed unlikely that the warring sides were ready to strike an "overarching peace deal" in the coming months
- "Turkiye is willing to push for local ceasefires and small localised de-escalations," Kalin told reporters
Carney, other leaders to mourn victims at site of Canada mass shooting
OTTOWA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and opposition leaders will attend a vigil in the remote town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Friday to pay respects to the victims of one of the country’s worst mass shootings.
Carney, a Liberal, will be joined by Conservative chief Pierre Poilievre and Yves-Francois Blanchet, the head of the third-largest party, the Bloc Quebecois, as they set aside their differences to mourn the eight victims of Tuesday’s shooting.
Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, who had suffered a series of mental health problems, killed her mother and stepbrother before shooting a teacher and five young students at the school in Tumbler Ridge, a settlement of around 2,400 in the Canadian Rockies, according to police.
Van Rootselaar, who police say was born a male but began identifying as a woman six years ago, then died by suicide.
The mass shooting was one of the worst in Canadian history. The deadliest took place in April 2020 when a 51-year-old man shot and killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, before police shot him dead.
Few townspeople wanted to speak to media on Thursday and British Columbia police said families and friends of the victims had requested privacy.
Police on Thursday named the school victims as Abel Mwansa, 12, Ezekiel Schofield, 13, Kylie Smith, 12, Zoey Benoit, 12, Ticaria Lampert, 12 as well as teacher Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39.
Van Rootselaar had first killed Jennifer Jacobs, her 39-year-old mother, and her stepbrother Emmett Jacobs, 11.
“Rest in paradise, sweet girl, our family will never be the same without you,” Smith’s family said in a statement released by police.
Police said on Wednesday they had at one point seized guns from the house where Van Rootselaar was living but returned them after the owner, who they did not identify, successfully appealed the decision.
Carney, a Liberal, will be joined by Conservative chief Pierre Poilievre and Yves-Francois Blanchet, the head of the third-largest party, the Bloc Quebecois, as they set aside their differences to mourn the eight victims of Tuesday’s shooting.
Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, who had suffered a series of mental health problems, killed her mother and stepbrother before shooting a teacher and five young students at the school in Tumbler Ridge, a settlement of around 2,400 in the Canadian Rockies, according to police.
Van Rootselaar, who police say was born a male but began identifying as a woman six years ago, then died by suicide.
The mass shooting was one of the worst in Canadian history. The deadliest took place in April 2020 when a 51-year-old man shot and killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, before police shot him dead.
Few townspeople wanted to speak to media on Thursday and British Columbia police said families and friends of the victims had requested privacy.
Police on Thursday named the school victims as Abel Mwansa, 12, Ezekiel Schofield, 13, Kylie Smith, 12, Zoey Benoit, 12, Ticaria Lampert, 12 as well as teacher Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39.
Van Rootselaar had first killed Jennifer Jacobs, her 39-year-old mother, and her stepbrother Emmett Jacobs, 11.
“Rest in paradise, sweet girl, our family will never be the same without you,” Smith’s family said in a statement released by police.
Police said on Wednesday they had at one point seized guns from the house where Van Rootselaar was living but returned them after the owner, who they did not identify, successfully appealed the decision.
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