Turkey urges Russia to moderate demands on NATO over Ukraine
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is offering to mediate the crisis, but its not clear Turkey has enough leverage to do so effectively.
Turkey’s top diplomat publicly urged Russia’s government to drop what he called Moscow’s “one-sided” demands regarding NATO and Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Russia should take a moderate approach in its demands with the western alliance.
“For any proposal to be accepted, it should be acceptable by both sides. Russia made some proposals. But maybe NATO seeks the same kind of guarantees from Russia. This is not a one-sided issue,” Cavusoglu told reporters on Monday.
“If the requests are maximalist — I'm not saying that Russia is maximalist in any case — both sides must be constructive," he said, adding, “They should come to the table with proposals that both sides can accept.”
