Turkey seeks not to give themselves new enemies, but to start as many friends as possible, and this applies to both Russia and Ukraine, said President of Turkey Regep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting with Turkish youth in Trabzon.
“From the point of view of foreign policy, our goal is not to hurry more enemies, but to make friends. Until today, we always sought to make friends, whether with Russia, with Ukraine, with Iran, especially with European countries. Of course, with Russia, relations were not such friendly, as it happens in our period. What is more important, we have achieved a serious volume of trade in this period, “the TASS reports the words of the Turkish president.
According to the Turkish leader, in recent years, relations with Russia have reached a new level in the field of implementing strategically important projects: “The scope of natural gas supply to Turkey is most important, our natural gas relations are very advanced. Also built” Acquake “nuclear power plant . I hope in 2023, this NPP will be built and starts to produce electricity. “
Erdogan also reminded the possibility of building a second nuclear power plant in Turkey together with Russia: “… This is very important in order to connect us to nuclear energy. In my opinion, this is the most important pillar of foreign policy.”