“We must take care of our interests … If everyone destroys the bridges, then who will talk to Russia?” asked Ibrahim Kalin.
Absolute “no” in the “anti-Russian sanctions”, as it characterizes them, Ankara says, with the justification that one should maintain a mediating role with Moscow.
Turkey will not take part in “Western anti-Russian sanctions” over Ukraine crisis, Turkish presidency spokesman says Sunday Ibrahim Kalin.
“We are pursuing a well-balanced policy towards Russia. “We do not impose sanctions and we will not participate in them,” said Tayyip Erdogan’s “right hand man”.
“We have to take care of our interests … If everyone destroys the bridges, “Who will talk to Russia then?” he wondered.
“Economic relations with Russia are such that sanctions will hurt the Turkish economy more than Russia. We have a clear position [για το θέμα των κυρώσεων]. “The West has not accepted it.” Kalin claimed in an interview with the Turkish channel Haberturk.
In the same interview, the Turkish official insisted that the militarization of the Greek islands is illegal.
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