ANKARA: T眉rkiye鈥檚 foreign minister will travel to Kyiv on Thursday for a two-day visit after discussing peace efforts to end Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine in Moscow earlier this week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held talks in Moscow on Monday and Tuesday, meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, including Moscow鈥檚 top negotiator at talks in Istanbul earlier this month aimed at ending the three-year war.

In Kyiv, Fidan is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who is also Kyiv鈥檚 top negotiator with Russia, the source said.

During the talks, Fidan will repeat an offer to host further peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, the source added.

He will 鈥減oint to the increasingly heavier negative effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, emphasising the need for the war to end through diplomacy, and for a fair and lasting peace to be achieved,鈥� the source said.

Fidan will also discuss bilateral ties, in relation to trade, energy, defense and security, while conveying Turkiye鈥檚 readiness to take part in Ukraine鈥檚 post-war reconstruction.

Russia is under increasing pressure to agree a ceasefire, and Ankara has repeatedly said the sides need to continue talks after the first direct contact between the sides since March 2022 鈥� also in Istanbul 鈥� took place earlier this month.

Delegates from Moscow and Kyiv did not agree on a ceasefire in Istanbul this month, but agreed to trade 1,000 prisoners of war and deliver, in writing, their conditions for a possible ceasefire.

Russian sources have said that NATO member T眉rkiye, which has maintained good ties with both sides since the start of the war, could be a venue for future talks.