a few seconds agoErdogan rejects US long-range weapons decision for Ukraine
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Turkey's President, Recep Tayip Erdogan, opposes the United States' decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range US missiles, saying it would fuel the conflict even more, his office said Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ukraine used the long-range American missiles, ATACMS, for [...]
On Tuesday, Ukraine used the long-range American missiles, ATACMS, to carry out attacks on Russian soil, using permission that American President Joe Biden's outgoing administration gave him on the 1,000th day of the war.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin changed Russia's nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons from Moscow in response to attacks by an enemy using conventional weapons.
The Biden opening will be interpreted as a movement to light the war and ensure it never ends, but only spreads”, Erdogan told reporters on the plane by returning to Turkey from Brazil, where he attended the G20 summit.
This step, not only will escalate the conflict, but will spur stronger answers from Russia”, he said, urging Moscow and Kiev to refrain.
Turkey, a NATO member, says it supports Ukraine's territorial integrity and has condemned the Russian invasion, as well as given Kiev military support.
But Turkey, neighbouring Russia and Ukraine of the Black Sea, also opposes Western sanctions against Moscow, with which there are important relations in the areas of tourism, defence and energy. / REL
