Turkey ready to contribute to resolving situation in Russia – Erdogan

This was reported by the Kremlin press service.

The Kremlin notes that Putin told Erdogan about the situation in Russia amid the armed rebellion.

"The President of the Republic of Turkey expressed his full support for the steps of the Russian leadership," the Kremlin said of the conclusions of the presidents' telephone conversation.

The Turkish media outlet Anadolu also reports that President Erdogan stressed the importance of acting with common sense during the meeting.

Emphasising that no one should take responsibility for what happened in Russia, Erdogan said during the meeting: "As Turkey, we are ready to contribute to solving what happened in this context as soon as possible."

• In addition, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin amid the armed mutiny in Russia, calling the events in Russia their "internal affair".

• Vladimir Putin asked Alexander Lukashenko to send him fighters from the Belarusian special operations forces