Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about his invitation to hold a meeting in Turkey with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anadolu reports.

 "Just as I told (Russian President Volodymyr) Putin during my visit to Sochi, I reminded (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskiy that we can hold a meeting between them," Erdogan told reporters on Thursday aboard the presidential plane after a day-long work trip to Ukraine.

 Ankara is ready to contribute to ending the Russian-Ukrainian war through diplomatic means. "I stated that we will continue to contribute to the resolution of the war through diplomacy and negotiations," Erdogan said.

 Erdogan said Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations discussed steps that could be taken to export Ukrainian grain, and called on the international community to take responsibility for resuming the diplomatic process.

 Erdogan said he had met separately with Zelenskiy and Putin since the start of the war, adding that Turkey "will take this issue to the UN General Assembly in September."

 "The messages that have to be given there are very significant. The messages that we and other countries will give there are very important," he said.

 During a tripartite meeting in Lviv, Erdogan expressed concern over the conflict surrounding the Zaporizhzhya NPP and said: "We do not want to experience a new Chernobyl." He told journalists that the Zaporizhzhya issue is not an "ordinary issue".

 Erdogan also said that Zelenskiy demands the removal of Russian mines from the area.

 "We will discuss this issue with Putin, and we will specifically ask him about it, so that Russia will make its contribution in this regard as an important step for world peace," he added.