Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive in Türkiye on Friday to hold talks with President Tayyip Erdoğan, the Presidential Communications Directorate said, Paralel.Az reports citing Daily Sabah.

In a post on social media platform X, the directorate said the leaders will discuss the course of the Ukraine-Russia war, the revival of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, efforts to facilitate permanent peace in the region and bilateral relations.

Zelenskyy's surprise visit comes as Türkiye Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the head of the National Intelligence Agency (MIT) Ibrahim Kalın are in the U.S.