Turkey will not recognize the inclusion of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine into Russia. This was stated by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at a press conference in Tokyo.
“We do not recognize the annexation of Crimea and we are talking about this to Russia. We expressed our concern about the referendums in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson. We made it clear that we do not recognize them,” Çavuşoğlu explained (quoted by TASS).
In the Donetsk and Lugansk as well as in Zaporozhye and Kherson region, since September 23, five-day referendums have been held on the issue of joining Russia.
The United States and Western countries have already stated that they do not recognize the results of the vote. A similar position was taken by Serbia, Kazakhstan. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that it would make a decision based on its own interests.
