Türkiye is ready to provide any support in achieving sustainable peace in Ukraine, including organizing peace talks, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

Erdogan called the steps to ensure the safety of commercial shipping in the Black Sea a step forward in the peace process and said Türkiye would continue its efforts to prevent the Black Sea from "turning into a conflict zone," Anadolu Agency reported.