Turkey on Wednesday condemned Russia’s “illegitimate” annexation referendums in four regions under its control in Ukraine.
“Such an illegitimate fait accompli will not be recognized by the international community,” Turkey’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
Turkey has never recognized Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, which took place during the first months of a simmering conflict that erupted in 2014 and culminated in the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ties to kyiv and Moscow, has tried to open negotiations and broker a ceasefire, so far without success.
But, according to Turkey, the Russian decision to soon organize referendums on the annexation of the conquered territories and to partially mobilize the reservists marks a resurgence of the conflict.
On Tuesday, Erdogan told world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York (USA) that Moscow and kyiv needed help to find a “dignified way out” of the crisis.
Source: TSF
