Turkey on Wednesday condemned Russia’s “illegitimate” referendums on the annexation of four regions of Ukraine under its control, saying they will not be recognized.
“Such illegitimate actions will not be recognized by the international community,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement quoted by news.ro.
Turkey has never recognized Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, which took place in the early months of a heated conflict that erupted in 2014 and ended with Russia’s intervention in Ukraine on February 24.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ties to Kiev and Moscow, has tried to open discussions and broker a truce, so far without success.
But Russia’s decision to soon organize referendums on the annexation of conquered territories and to partially mobilize reservists marks the escalation of the conflict.
On Tuesday, President Erdogan told world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York that Moscow and Kyiv needed help to find a “dignified solution” to the crisis.
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