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Erdogan Continues to Play the Fence in Russia-Ukraine Crisis

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  • Erdogan:"We cannot give up both (Russia and Ukraine). We have political, military and economic relations with Russia. We also have political, military and economic relations with Ukraine.
  • If you say: "Give up Ukraine," we cannot refuse, because the interests of our country are very advanced here. If you say: "Give up Russia", we also cannot refuse it, because we have really advanced relations with it now," - RIA
  • These Comments highlight the balancing act he has to make: maintain relations with Moscow without pre-emptively abandoning Kiev, retaining status as a helpful NATO member while not actually doing anything that harms Putin.
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