Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is going to call for major action in the meeting regarding Gaza in Istanbul on Monday (November 3, 2025). A source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday (November 2, 2025) that Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is going to call at the meeting to make arrangements as soon as possible to hand over the security and administration of Gaza to the Palestinians.

A Turkish Foreign Ministry source said that the foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia will also attend the meeting, which will focus on the progress of the ceasefire and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Fidan will emphasize on coordinated action of Muslim countries

According to Reuters report, the Foreign Ministry source said that Fidan will emphasize in the meeting that coordinated action among Muslim countries is very important, so that the current ceasefire can be converted into permanent peace.

Despite the ceasefire, incidents of violence have occurred several times

All the countries participating in the Istanbul talks also attended the meeting held with US President Donald Trump in New York, USA in the month of September during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Since the implementation of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement, many incidents of violence have occurred intermittently. But many complex issues like the disarmament of Hamas and the deadline for Israel’s withdrawal are still pending.

Relations between Turkey and Israel soured during Gaza war

According to the report, the source said that Fidan is going to say in the meeting that Israel is making excuses for breaking the ceasefire and will appeal to the international community to take a concrete stand against Israel’s provocative actions. They will also say that the humanitarian aid reaching Gaza is not enough and Israel has not fully fulfilled its responsibilities.

On the other hand, relations between Turkey and Israel have soured greatly during the Gaza war. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly criticized Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his conditions to end the war with Ukraine. He has demanded that Ukraine leave the eastern Donbas region, abandon the ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western soldiers out of the country. Three sources familiar with Kremlin gave this information to the Reuters.

The Russian President met Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday (August 15, 2025), where it was the first Russia-US summit after more than four years. According to sources, the possible agreement on Ukraine was discussed most of the time in a close room meeting of about three hours. After the meeting, Putin, who was standing with Trump, said that the talks can open the path of peace in Ukraine, but the two leaders did not make the details of the conversation public. The three sources gave information on the condition of anonymity due to being a sensitive issue.

Russian proposal ‘adjusted’ with the demands of June 2024

According to sources, Putin has softened the stance compared to the entire sacrifice of Donatsk, Luhansk (Overall Donbas), Kherason and Zaporizia. In the new proposal, Russia wants Ukraine toilet from the remaining parts of Donbas, while the existing fronts in Zaporizia and Kherason should be ‘stabilized’. According to American assessment and open-source maps, Russia controls about 88% of Donbas and 73% of Zaporizia-Khergason. According to sources, as part of the Moscow agreement, the small parts of the Kharkiv, Sumi and Dnipetrovsk are ready to return to Ukraine.

Ban on NATO, army restrictions and Western soldiers
There has been no change in Putin’s other conditions. These conditions states that Ukraine leaves the desire to join NATO, give a legal guarantee of NATO to grow and not moving, the Ukrainian army should be some limits and western ground soldiers should not be deployed in Ukraine even in the name of peace and protection.

Russia-ukraine war: Russia and Ukraine had direct talks in Istanbul for the first time in three years, but the ceasefire could not be agreed. Despite the US President Donald Trump’s mediation attempts, the representatives of the two countries had a meeting for about two hours, but it did not have any concrete result. However, there was a consensus on the exchange of one thousand prisoners, which will be the biggest agreement between the two countries so far.

According to a representative of Ukraine, Moscow laid the conditions that were beyond thinking. Russia wanted Ukraine to back from some of its areas before the ceasefire, which was clearly rejected by Kiev. Vladimir Medinski, who leads the meeting for Russia, said, “We have agreed that the two sides will give their opinion on the possible ceasefire. However, Ukraine did not agree on these demands.

Jailonsky appeals to Western countries

As soon as the conversation between Russia and Ukraine came to an end, Ukrainian President Volodimir Jailonsky spoke to France, Germany, Poland and Trump. He said that if Russia does not accept ceasefire, the West should resort to strict sanctions. British Prime Minister Kir Starmer also described the position of Russia as clearly unacceptable and said that western countries should think about their response.

What did Trump say?

Donald Trump said that he wants to meet Putin directly, but could not go to Turkas due to the busy program. He said in Air Force One, ‘Nothing will happen until I and Putin sit face to face.’ Putin had earlier indicated to meet Jailonsky personally, but Istanbul did not attend the conversation.

What is EU-America’s strategy on Russia-Ukraine

European Union President Ursula von Der Leyen said that a new ban package is being prepared on Russia. On the other hand, America and European allies are also deciding strategies to put more pressure on Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andree Sibiha tweeted, “Pressure should be increased further on Russia for complete and sustainable ceasefire.”