Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) is coordinating a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, likely including US journalist, Evan Gershkovich, local Turkish media TRT says.
A (prisoner) exchange operation will take place today under the coordination of our organization, MIT said in a statement.
Our organization has undertaken a major mediation role in this exchange operation, which is the most comprehensive of the recent period.
AK Party spokesperson, Omer Celik, shared a post on his social media account about the hostage exchange between the USA and Russia in Ankara under the coordination of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
Stating that Turkiye’s multilateral and peace-oriented diplomacy under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to produce results, Celik said, Turkiye is strengthening its position as a key country for regional and world peace.
Our President’s multi-dimensional political approach has made Turkiye’s diplomatic problem-solving capacity the most reliable basis in the world.
‘At a time when regional and world peace is in danger, Turkiye’s role has become much more important. Thanks to the strong intelligence diplomacy of our MİT Presidency, 26 individuals in prisons of seven countries were exchanged in Ankara.
This result, which was achieved under the successful coordination of our MİT Presidency, has once again demonstrated Turkiye’s negotiation and peace-oriented capacity.
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Moscow and Washington have exchanged a total of 26 prisoners that had been held in several countries, in the biggest such swap in modern history. The exchange took place on Thursday afternoon in Türkiye.
Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and Russian intelligence operative Vadim Krasikov were the two most prominent names on the swap list. Russia retrieved ten of its nationals in exchange for 16 people sent to the West – 12 to Germany and four to the USA.