ANKARA: Türkiye is making “every effort” to end conflict in Ukraine as well as to prevent a food crisis, Turkish President has told Turkiye Summit in Uzbekistan.

“We are making every effort to end conflicts, through a just peace, that have been going on for nine months in Ukraine. While doing this, we are making necessary interventions to prevent food crisis,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his address. Member states are going through a sensitive period “with risks as well as opportunities for our countries,” Erdogan said. “In this period, we see that it has become much more critical for us to strengthen cooperation, solidarity and harmony in all fields.”

Erdogan announced that Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has been accepted as an observer state in organisation, adding “We contributed to solution process by showing that our Cypriot brothers, who are an integral part of Turkic world, are not alone.” On second anniversary of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh victory, President reiterated Ankara’s support to Baku.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 12 2022

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