Erdogan: “Tomorrow I’ll hear Putin and Zelensky”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced plans to hold telephone talks with Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky tomorrow. Speaking with Turkish journalists returning from Azerbaijan, Erdogan referred to the issue of Finland and Sweden joining NATO: “Of course, Russia does not look at these things positively. First of all, Russia is particularly concerned about the Finnish question. Why? Because it is a border country, so it does not support Finland’s accession to NATO. In fact, Russia has not supported any of the Scandinavian countries to join NATO. We dream that this war between Russia and Ukraine end in peace as soon as possible, but it seems that every day events are developing more negatively. On Monday I will have phone calls with both the President of Russia and the President of Ukraine. We will continue to urge the parties to use channels of dialogue and diplomacy, “said Erdogan, quoted by Tass.