there will be no winners in the war [in Ukraine], as well as the losers in the event of a conclusion of peace. We advocate the restoration of peace in the region. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on the results of a two-day summit of the heads of state and governments of NATO countries in Vilnius.
According to him, Ankara seeks to bring the end of the war in Ukraine.
“The negative consequences, from the already 504th day of bloodshed between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, it feels the whole world. This also manifests itself in the food market and through the record level of inflation,” said the President of Turkey.
Erdogan emphasized that Turkey uses all the dialogue tools with the Russian Federation and Ukraine to extend the action of the “grain transaction”.
The Turkish leader said that the topic of grain transaction was discussed during the recent visit of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to Turkey.
Erdogan further attracted attention to the situation in neighboring Syria, where a bloody conflict has been going on since 2011.
“The connections established by some of the Turkish allies on NATO with the [terrorists] Pyd/YPG (Syrian wing of the RKK – approx.” Anadol “), strike the unity and integrity of the Alliance. There is no intelligible explanation for this!”, – said Turkish leader.
Erdogan called the fight against terrorism the “red line” for Turkey. “We expect that all the allies of Ankara will finally take a clear and decisive position on this issue,” the president emphasized.
President Erdogan attracted attention to the vote in the UN Council on Human Rights on the issue of condemning acts of burning the Qur’an. “The countries opposed to the resolution must revise approaches to issues of human rights and freedoms,” the politician called.
The head of the Turkish state further attracted attention to the desecration of the Koran in Sweden.
“attacks on the shrines and religious values of people have nothing to do with freedom of expression. This is an act of terrorism!”, The politician emphasized.
President Erdogan also affected the topic of expansion of NATO.
He recalled that the body responsible for approving the protocol on the entry of Sweden to NATO – the parliament of Turkey. Turkish parliamentarians will also carefully monitor the process, the president assured.
“I hope that the issue of Sweden’s application to NATO will be one of the priorities of the international agenda of the autumn session of the Turkish parliament,” said Erdogan.
Erdogan noted that Ankara has always supported the Policy of the Open Doors. “To this day, we did not create barriers to the alliance on the path of membership in the alliance without any objective grounds,” the politician stated.
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