President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky about how the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin blackmailed him because of the support of Ukraine. The aggressor country was outraged by the fact that the Turkish side is selling its drones Bayraktar.
Writes about it Wall Street Journal, citing their own sources. According to media reports, Erdogan informed Zelenskiy about this during their meeting in April.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to extend the flight ban if Turkey does not give up its sales of unmanned aerial vehicles and support for Ukraine,” it said.
Note that the Kremlin, after negotiations between Erdogan and Zelensky, decided almost completely suspend flights with Turkey until June 1. The restrictions applied to both regular and charter flights, and now Moscow announced their extension.
Recall April 10 a meeting took place President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They discussed the aggravation in Donbass, the Crimean platform, bilateral cooperation of the countries.
Erdogan confirmed the country’s decision in principle not to recognize the “annexation of Crimea.” Read about the results of the meeting in our material.
As reported OBOZREVATEL, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that no one should be offended by the sale of drones to Ukrainebecause this is a trade and the agreement was made many years ago.
The Turkish Foreign Minister recalled that Russia “supplies missiles to Syria and other countries,” which the Turkish side “did not question for a day.”
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