During a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who called for a truce in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated that "Russia is open to serious

dialogue provided that the authorities in Kiev comply with the well-known and repeatedly expressed demands and take into account the new realities on the ground," according to a statement from the Kremlin.

President Erdogan told his Russian counterpart in a phone call that peace efforts in the Russian-Ukrainian war should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a"vision of a just solution,"the Turkish presidency said today.

"President Erdogan said that calls for peace and negotiations should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a vision of a just peace," the Turkish presidency said in a statement to the text of the call, noting that Erdogan reminded Putin of the positive results of the grain corridor agreement.

The statement said that the two leaders also discussed the Syrian file and that Erdogan informed Putin of the need to take concrete steps to clear the Syrian border area from Kurdish militants.

"President Erdogan stressed that concrete steps must be taken now to clear the Turkish border areas of terrorist organizations, especially from Tel Rifaat and Manbij," the statement said, referring to the Kurdistan Workers ' Party (PKK) and the Kurdish people's Protection Units (YPG).

Erdogan and Putin have spoken several times since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine in February, and Turkey has also played the role of mediator with the United Nations to conclude an agreement allowing the export of grain from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea.