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Turkey rejects the Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories as a "violation of international law"

MADRID, 1 Oct.

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Turkey rejects the Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories as a "violation of international law"

MADRID, 1 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has categorically rejected the annexation by Russia of the territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, in eastern Ukraine, as a "flagrant violation of international law", in a statement that strains relations between Moscow and Ankara, the latter erected as one of the main mediators to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine.

The Ministry, in a note released this Saturday, recalls that Turkey, as happened in 2014, when it refused to recognize "the annexation of Crimea by Russia in an illegitimate referendum", now expresses itself in the same terms and grants his "strong support for the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Ukraine".

"In accordance with this position, we reject Russia's decision to annex these regions as a flagrant violation of established principles of international law," the note added.

"We reiterate our support for an end to this war, the severity of which continues to increase, on the basis of a just peace to be achieved through negotiations," according to the statement.