There is a certain line of confrontation between Turkey and Russia – Bariiev

November 4, 2020

Eskender Bariiev, Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, explained in an interview with the Crimea.Realities media agency that the Russian Federation created a fake about Turkish claims to Crimea because there is a certain line of confrontation between Turkey and Russia. In addition, Erdoğan agreed with the Ukrainian president to strengthen cooperation in the military-industrial complex, which cannot but frighten the Russian Federation.

“Russia really does not like the recent meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey, as a result of which they agreed to strengthen cooperation in the military-industrial complex. Turkey has made a significant step forward in this area, and this scares Russia. Back in 2014, the Republic of Turkey voted for the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the UN. Turkey systematically supports all General Assembly resolutions on human rights violations in Crimea, on the militarization of the peninsula. In each case, President Erdoğan publicly says that Crimea is part of Ukraine”,- he said.

The Head of the Board of the CTRC stressed that all these issues arise because there is a certain line of confrontation between Turkey and Russia: in Libya, in Syria, and in Mountainous Qarabağ. Bariiev noted that thus, the interaction of Turkey with Ukraine is beneficial to both countries.

We remind that earlier the Russian Federation published fake news that the Turkish Republic does not recognize Crimea as Russian, because it believes that the peninsula belongs to Turkey on the basis of treaties of the end of the 18th century.