Turkey will “continue to pursue a balanced policy,” he said on Thursday Recep Tayyip Erdogan Asked about the Russia-Ukraine war at a youth conference in Ankara.
“And I do not think about severing ties with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin or (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky “he said, in the wake of Western reports that he must choose a side.
Erdogan also said that “telephone diplomacy” with Russian and Ukrainian leaders would continue.
Since the start of the war on February 24, Turkey has hosted talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Antalya and Istanbul, with Erdogan aspiring to continue his role as mediator.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has left thousands dead or injured, and more than 6.3 million forced to flee their homes.
THE Turkish president fired shots against Greece in the aftermath of the trip of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the US, as broadcast by SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis. At the same time, he referred again to his “blockade” in Sweden and Finland for NATO membership.
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