“Turkey follows international law, we will pursue a balanced policy.
If the UN approves sanctions against Russia, Turkey will be forced to follow them,” he said in an interview with NTV.
The representative of the President of Turkey, Ibrahim Kalin, earlier in an interview with TRT Haber noted that “burning all bridges” with Russia is unacceptable.
On March 31, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Turkey's refusal to join the sanctions against Russia.
According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, Ankara can afford the luxury of defending its interests in the conditions of NATO membership.