No matter how feed, he looks at the Crimea

The position of Turkey to support independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its international recognized boundaries remains unchanged. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian colleague Peter Poroshenko, the press service of the President of Ukraine reports .

Erdogan also said that Türkiye does not recognize the occupation of Crimea and would continue to support the Crimean Tatars in every way.

In turn, Poroshenko assured Erdogan that Ukraine supports the "legally elected president and the government of the Turkish Republic."

Türkiye after the Russian annexation of Crimea has repeatedly been in support of the Crimean Tatars. After Russian-Turkish relations sharply aggravated after the death of the Su-24 bombarder, shot down by the Turkish Air Force, the position of Turkey became even more pro-Ukrainian. At the end of December, it was reported that Turkey put uniforms for the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion formed in Ukraine.

In January, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Alexander Turchinov, after a meeting with the Secretary General of the National Security Council of Turkey, Seyifullah Hadzhimuftyuoglu, said that Ukraine and Turkey have a unique opportunityto combine resources for effective and coordinated opposition to the "destruction of the balance of forces" in the Black Sea region.

The fundamental stage along this path will be the demilitarization and de -captain of the Crimea, Turchinov emphasized. "The development of bilateral relations and cooperation between our states should acquire a new quality," he said. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council noted that the deepening cooperation in the military-technical sphere will be a key task in the development of the Ukrainian-Turkish strategic partnership.

“Our states should play a leading role in creating an effective regional security system,” said Hajimuftyuoglu. “It is important for us to combine the potentials of our countries, which, in turn, can give very effective synergy.”

However, at the end of June, Russian-Turkish relations began to improve. On August 9, after the first personal meeting with Erdogan from last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the relations of Russia and Turkey returned to the pre -crisis level .