Putin in Turkey After the Election

President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the 15th Traditional Ambassadors' Iftar held this year at the AK Party Conference Hall.

Reminding that Turkey has made every effort to achieve peace with its conscientious and principled approach in the war that has been going on in Ukraine for more than two years, President Erdogan said, "While we demonstrate our support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, we also point out that peace plans that exclude Russia will not yield results." "We expressed it." said.

Stating that the dialogue continues with both neighboring countries in the Black Sea, President Erdoğan said, “We hosted the President of Ukraine, Mr. Zelenskiy, in Istanbul on Friday. After the elections, we will host Russian President Mr. Putin. We are working to re-establish navigation security in the Black Sea and ensure safe grain trade. We believe that any steps that will escalate conflicts in the region and cause them to spread to NATO should be avoided. "We continue our efforts to establish peace between Russia and Ukraine with the motto that there will be no winners in war and no losers in peace." said.

Emphasizing that Turkey actively contributes to the efforts for peace and stability in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Afghanistan, as well as Gaza and Ukraine, President Erdoğan said; He noted that the fight is being carried out against all types of terrorism, especially PKK, PYD, FETO and DAESH.