Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned yesterday that his nation doesn’t recognise Russia’s violation of “Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Anadolu reported.
In a cellphone name with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan highlighted the significance of reaching an answer to the dispute between the 2 nations on the premise of the Minsk agreements.
Erdogan reiterated through the name, in response to an official assertion, that Turkiye stands able to do its half for de-escalation of Russia-Ukraine stress and protect the peace.
“President Erdogan famous that he wish to welcome Russian President Putin in Turkiye for the Excessive-Stage Cooperation Council Assembly as quickly as attainable, as had been agreed upon throughout his go to to Sochi in September,” the assertion mentioned.
The Turkish president emphasised the “nice significance” that he connected to his shut dialogue with Putin which “yielded beneficial outcomes,” including that he was decided to take care of this method.
Erdogan: ‘Turkey cannot abandon ties with Russia or Ukraine’
Erdogan additionally informed Putin that not one of the sides would profit from the dispute changing into extra difficult, or worse, turning right into a navy confrontation.
“President Erdogan said that Turkiye, on this spirit, connected significance to the continuation of diplomatic talks and that it, as we speak as nicely, stood able to do its half for the de-escalation of stress and the preservation of peace,” the assertion mentioned.Between September 2014 and February 2015, Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany, collectively often known as the Normandy Quartet, signed the Minsk Protocol, which successfully halted troop advances and significantly lowered tensions.
Nevertheless, Anadolu mentioned, the agreements couldn’t be carried out, and the confrontations devolved into trench warfare.
On Monday, Putin announced Russian recognition of two jap Ukrainian breakaway areas as “unbiased” states, adopted shortly by an order to ship Russian forces there to “preserve peace”.
The US and different Western powers condemned the transfer and imposed new sanctions on Russia.
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