Attempted Coup: Turkey Offers to Help Putin
POLITICS DIGEST- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone on Saturday to offer Turkey’s help in finding a “peaceful resolution” to the internal conflict brewing between the Wagner Group and Russia’s military.
Erdogan “underlined the importance of acting with common sense,” his office said in a statement.
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“President Erdogan said that we, as Turkey, are ready to do our part for the peaceful resolution of events in Russia as soon as possible,” it added.
Erdogan’s office also said that “it was stressed during the call that no one should take it upon themselves to take action in the face of the situation in Russia.”
Russian state news agency TASS also reported the phone call, claiming that the Turkish president declared his “full support for the steps taken by the Russian leadership.”