ISTANBUL

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday met with Rustem Umerov, secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, in Istanbul, the Foreign Ministry said on the Turkish social media platform NSosyal.

There have been no further details released about the visit as of yet. 

The meeting occurred as part of Umerov's visit to Istanbul. He stated earlier on Telegram that the purpose of his visit to Istanbul was to resume prisoner-of-war exchanges with Russia.