Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, has said that Crimea should return to Ukraine in accordance with international law.
Source: Erdoğan, in a video address to the participants of the Crimean Platform Leaders Summit, the text of which is quoted by the Turkish state agency Anadolu, reports European Pravda
Details: Erdoğan noted that the annexation of Crimea, which Türkiye has opposed from the beginning, has further deepened the suffering of Crimean Tatars who were deported from the peninsula 80 years ago.
He stressed that ensuring the security and well-being of Crimean Tatars is one of the priorities of Türkiye’s foreign policy.
Erdoğan also stressed that Crimean Tatars have the right to live a free, secure and peaceful life in their homeland.
Quote from Erdoğan: “It is gratifying that in June, Nariman Dzhelyal, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly of Crimean Tatars, was released after almost three years in captivity. We hope for the speedy release of all Crimean Tatars, including brothers Asan and Aziz Akhtemov.”
Erdoğan expressed hope that the war in Ukraine would end in a just and lasting peace based on Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence.
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