Turkey made real efforts to establish peace in Ukraine, instead of participating in the “show” to settle, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“We provided the most serious, concrete and useful support to Ukraine and made it clear that it was unacceptable to attacks on its territorial integrity and the right to sovereignty,” Erdogan said, speaking of Turkey’s position regarding the expansion of NATO, reports RBC.
The Turkish leader noted that Ankara made a great contribution to the fight against threats from the East. The refusal of the Turkish side of supporting the entry into NATO of Finland and Sweden “does not proceed from fanaticism or hostility,” but “from a fundamental position in the fight against terrorism.” “If the countries who have applied to NATO membership will look back, they will see this,” the Turkish leader added.