Turkiye reiterates support for Ukraine but refuses to accept NATO intervention against Russia

Turkiye has reiterated its support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and efforts to secure its sovereignty, but warned of its refusal to support NATO’s involvement in the war against Russia’s invasion. Following an informal meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the NATO military alliance in the Czech capital Prague yesterday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that “We support the continuation of aid to Ukraine and Ukraine’s capacity to provide deterrence, but we do not want NATO to participate in that war”. Since Russia’s launch of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the NATO alliance and its members have provided limited support to Kyiv and have held numerous training exercises on the country’s borders and in its neighbouring states. […]