UN Chief To Meet Erdogan, Zelensky at Lviv; ‘Political Solution’ to War on Agenda

The three leaders will also discuss the situation at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling.

AP/Mary Altaffer, file
The United Nations secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, June 8, 2022. AP/Mary Altaffer, file

The UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, and President Erdogan of Turkey have accepted an invitation from President Zelensky to meet Thursday at Lviv in Ukraine to review the deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be shipped to world markets and to discuss ways to end the six-month-old war.

The UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters that he expects “the need for a political solution” to the war to be raised during the meeting in the western Ukrainian city, which is close to the Polish border.

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