Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed to organize the next round of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, Turkey's presidency announced.

The two presidents spoke on the phone Sunday and addressed the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis and the negotiation process, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency.

The two presidents "agreed that the next meeting of the negotiation teams of Russia and Ukraine will be held in Istanbul," the statement stated.

Erdogan reminded Putin during the conversation that a truce and peace between Russia and Ukraine must be reached as soon as possible and that the region's humanitarian situation must be alleviated, adding that Turkey would continue to "contribute in every possible way during this process."

Earlier on Sunday, David Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian team, stated that the next round of Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations would take place in Turkey next week.

"Today, at the video talks, it was decided to hold the next live round by two delegations in Turkey on March 28-30," Arakhamia posted.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Medinsky, chairman of Russia's negotiation team, announced that face-to-face negotiations would occur on March 29-30.

Since February 28, Ukrainian and Russian delegations have undertaken three rounds of peace talks in person in Belarus, and the fourth round began on March 14 via video conference.

On March 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, met in the resort town of Antalya, Turkey's southern province.

The discussion, which took place on the margins of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, marked the first time Moscow and Kyiv have held high-level talks since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24.

The two parties disagreed on a truce during the meeting but decided to continue negotiations over the crisis.