Turkey’s Erdogan performs balancing act as Russia-Ukraine mediator • FRANCE 24 English



#Turkey is one of the many countries calling for calm in #Ukraine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will relentlessly try to find a long-lasting ceasefire and Turkey has already hosted the first high-level peace talks between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers. But Ankara is walking something of a tightrope because it’s traditionally a friend of Ukraine and has been supplying drones to Kyiv. Yet it also depends on #Russia for gas. Our correspondent Jasper Mortimer tells us more.

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