“At all levels, we strongly recommend our Turkish colleagues to carefully analyze the situation and stop feeding Kiev’s militaristic sentiments.
We are very clear about the idea that encouraging aggressive Ukrainian initiatives in Crimea is tantamount to encroaching on the territorial integrity of Russia, ”he said in an interview with the newspaper“ Argumenty i Fakty ”.
The Russian Foreign Minister expressed the hope that Ankara's line on this issue will be adjusted.
In April, Lavrov also warned Turkey and other countries against fueling Kiev's militant sentiments.
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke in support of the "Crimean Platform" of Kiev following talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul.
In October 2020, he also stated that Turkey does not recognize Crimea as Russian.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which most residents voted in favor of reunification with Russia.