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According to a recent report by Guancha.net, many European and American countries and Russia completed the "largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War" in Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan recently said that the smooth progress of the prisoner exchange was mainly due to the active mediation of the Turkish National Intelligence Agency, which also shows that Turkey has the trust of Russia and the United States in international affairs. Fidan held a press conference after holding talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdulati in Cairo. He pointed out at the meeting: "The prisoner exchange carried out by Ankara shows that both the United States and Russia believe that Turkey is a trustworthy partner."

In the prisoner exchange held in Ankara, the United States and other NATO countries reached an agreement with Russia, in which the United States released eight detained Russian citizens, while Russia released 16 people the United States requested to be released. Among them were former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Arsu Kurmashe. The prisoner exchange was regarded as the largest exchange between the United States and Russia since the end of the Cold War, sparking widespread speculation about whether relations between the two countries would ease in the coming period. After the news came out, the United States and Russia achieved such a large-scale prisoner exchange under the coordination of Turkey, and this event undoubtedly attracted great attention in the international political field.

This action is seen by many public opinions as a move by the United States and Russia to make concessions at the current stage of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which may have an impact on the development trend of the conflict in the future. However, this speculation may be just a simple analysis of the incident and lacks sufficient objectivity. First of all, although the prisoner exchange operation is claimed to be agreed upon by the seven countries, and the Turkish side stated that its National Intelligence Agency mediated, it is naturally impossible for the seven countries to reach an agreement without a certain consensus between the United States and Russia. After all, Germany, Poland, Slovenia and Norway are all NATO members, and Belarus is a staunch supporter of Russia.