ANKARA/ISTANBUL

The speaker of Russia's upper legislative house, Valentina Matviyenko, will visit Türkiye on Thursday as the official guest of Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus.

After holding a bilateral meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Kurtulmus and Matviyenko will chair inter-delegation talks and hold a press conference.

During his visit to Russia on Sept. 24, Kurtulmus addressed the opening session of the Federation Council’s new legislative period. He highlighted that Türkiye believes in taking initiatives on every platform for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine war.

He said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was working closely with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for peace.