On the sidelines of a regional summit on Wednesday in Astana, Kazakhstan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, a Turkish official told AFP.
Turkey enjoys good ties with both of its Black Sea neighbours, Russia and Ukraine, and has maintained its neutral position during the turmoil in that country.
Erdogan has yet to respond to the widespread Russian attacks on Ukraine on Monday that left at least 19 people dead and more than 100 injured.
However, a phone call was made between Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Ukrainian colleague Dmytro Kuleba following the attacks, a Turkish diplomatic source claimed without going into further detail.
Erdogan met Putin on the sidelines of a regional summit in Uzbekistan last month.
He still aspires to get Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin together for peace negotiations, which neither party especially wants but which Turkish officials maintain are both necessary and achievable.
Turkey, a NATO member, has resisted supporting Western sanctions on Russia.
To stabilise the devastated Turkish economy ahead of elections in June, Erdogan is eager to increase commerce with Moscow.
In response to American pressure, Ankara said last month that the final three Turkish banks still accepting Russian credit card payments were ceasing operations.
