Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Anadolu reports, citing Directorate of Communications.

According to the statement, the parties discussed the latest developments in Russia.

It was noted that the de-escalation of the situation in Russia prevented irreversible humanitarian disasters “in the Ukrainian field.”

President Erdogan expressed his hope that the recent events in Russia will become "a new milestone in the path to a just peace in Ukraine," the statement says.