Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Kyiv and Moscow were inching closer to putting an end to their armed conflict, with “almost a consensus” on topics like Ukraine’s NATO membership and security arrangements but still significant differences to bridge in terms of compromises on territory. Speaking to reporters in Brussels following an extraordinary NATO summit, Erdogan said a key goal in Turkey’s mediation effort was to bring together the Ukrainian and Russian presidents for peace talks. “All our efforts aim to create an atmosphere of peace by bringing together the two leaders,” Erdogan said. “We are in close contact with both countries with a view to putting an immediate end to the war.” NATO member Turkey shares a maritime border with Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea, has good ties with both, and has offered to mediate the conflict. “We are cautiously optimistic about the progress made in …