Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File photoBAKU, Aug 18Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, at a meeting with the Ukrainian authorities, has a specific mission — to reason with Kyiv and explain in detail the threats regarding energy, food, and nuclear security, said RIA Novosti the chairman of the Center for Crisis and Political Studies (Ankara), Professor Mehmet Seyfaddin Arol. Erdogan in arrived in Lviv on Thursday to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary General António Guterres, the Yeni Şafak newspaper reported earlier. According to Turkish TV, which cited diplomatic sources, during his visit to Lvov, Erdogan will offer Zelensky to arrange a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Another Turkish TV channel, citing sources, reported that Putin and Zelensky may hold a meeting to determine a «road map» for Ukraine.In Kyiv, they suggested what concessions Erdogan would offer Zelensky to Russia. According to the expert, «Erdogan knows the position» of Russia to the smallest detail. «Today in Lviv, he will have a mission — to reason (Kyiv — ed.) … After all, the global food crisis is at stake, as well as the risks of a nuclear war,» the agency's interlocutor believes. According to him, the successful completion of negotiations on the grain corridor has shaped the atmosphere , in which it is already possible to find some common ground, which will ultimately serve regional and international peace. «That is, the grain corridor is an important opportunity to find ways to achieve sustainable peace,» the expert said, adding that the situation near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant «increased the risk of a nuclear threats.» «Turkey will try to explain in detail to the Ukrainian side the threats regarding energy, food, and nuclear security, from a regional and international point of view,» Arol emphasized. />The European Union has requested data from Ankara on relations with Moscow, SMIZAE reported that it has been under the protection of the Russian military since March. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasized the justification for the Russian military to take under the protection of the power plant in terms of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials. The department also recalled that the station is currently controlled by a Ukrainian operator. As the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said on Thursday, the Kyiv regime is preparing a resonant provocation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Friday during a visit to Ukraine by UN Secretary General António Guterres, Russia is planned 
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