From Turkey’s Erdogan says West staging ‘provocations’ against Russia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the West of staging “provocations” against Russia that have forced it to cut energy supplies to Europe.
Erdogan has maintained good working relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin while trying to stay neutral in the conflict and supplying Ukraine with weapons and combat drones.
He tells reporters on a visit to Belgrade that he understood Putin’s decision to cut off natural gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline.
“I can say very clearly that I do not find the attitude of the West — no need to mention names — to be correct, because it is a policy based on provocations,” Erdogan says.
“As long as you try to wage such a war of provocations, you will not be able to get the needed result.”
