ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to host negotiations for a ceasefire and permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine, President Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Sunday, Erdogan's office said.

Turkey's President Recep Erdogan will be a "great host" for the talks ... 30-day ceasefire starting May 12, with peace talks and a possible "reassurance force" of European peacekeepers.

Whether or not Russia and Ukraine peace talks actually take place at the Vatican, the mere suggestion it could play host reflects a fresh diplomatic impetus under new pope Leo XIV.

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan told Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ankara on Thursday that Turkey was ready to host him and Russia's Vladimir Putin for peace talks "when they are ready", his office said.

Trump said the Vatican offered to host the talks aimed ... the resumption of direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv. Putin said that Trump noted Russia's support for peace, though the key question ...