Turkiye condemned the plans of Russia to hold annexation referendums in four regions of Ukraine controlled by Moscow.
“Such illegitimate fait accomplish will not be recognized by the international community,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
According to the statement of the Foreign Ministry, Turkiye never recognized the Kremlin’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea which occurred in the first months of a festering conflict that broke out in 2014 and led to Russia’s all-out invasion on February 24.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been using his open relations with both Moscow and Kyiv to try and set up direct truce talks.
But Russia’s decision to hold the annexation votes and partially mobilize reservists signals the potential start of an even more violent chapter in the war.
Erdogan told world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that both Moscow and Kyiv needed help finding a “dignified way out” of the crisis.
Moscow has planned to hold a referendum in the four regions of Ukraine which is captured by Russian Forces during the war but despite good relations of Turkiye with Russia, the Turkiye President according to the foreign ministry has condemned the Russian Plan.
The Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also played the role of mediator in the treaty between War headed countries Russia and Ukraine in the Grains Treaty.
