Posted on 03/27/2022 8:28:43 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin to find an honorable exit from Ukraine and end the war after his return from an extraordinary NATO summit in Brussels.
“I may have a talk with Putin either this weekend or early next week. As we will make an assessment of the NATO meetings with him, we should tell him, ‘After this, you should be the architect of the moves for peace.’ We should find a way to end this by suggesting him ‘Find an honorable exit,’” Erdoğan told journalists on board a plane during his return from the NATO summit on late March 24.
Recalling that Turkey has been exerting efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia through a set of meetings with the two warring sides, Erdoğan informed this endeavor of Turkey for a ceasefire has proven that it can be a guarantor state for Ukraine in case the two sides can agree on a peace deal.
Erdoğan hinted that Kiev and Moscow may be flexible in compromising on four main issues including Ukraine’s neutrality and partial disarmament including the use of Russian in the country but stressed the future status of Crimea and Donbass continue to be the most important hurdle.
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Good luck finding one.
He has established his land bridge from Crimea to Russia proper. I suspect he may declare victory once Mariupol falls.
Then Biden may try to force Kiev to cede the territory by choking off supplies. I hope I’m wrong about that.
Well this will not please the Putin Cult.
Putin as peacemaker would be an interesting chess move.
wheels within wheels.
Mariupol is key for that reason. While Ukraine has done good work everywhere else on the map, they haven’t been able to relieve its defenders and unless that changes that city is ultimately doomed.
Putin as peacemaker is laughable. Only a moron would buy it.
This will upset neocon war profiteers very upset.
Because Erdogan is waiting to take over his role as the next “Baddie” as he tries to rebuild the Ottoman Empire, he needs a weakened Russia for that.
“...find an honorable exit from Ukraine...”
Pootie is way past that exit.
Most of the neocon Biden puffers on here want WWIII with Joe Biden as CIC. (just using their vernacular because they understand that talk)
If Putin finds a way to exit while saving face, there is the problem of rebuilding Ukraine.
The Western countries will likely lead the way in restoring the economy and society, which will make Ukraine look more toward the West. Ukraine’s increasingly westward orientation was Putin’s motive to invade.
I’m sure Putin will listen. I mean, no history of hate and rancor and slaughter between the Turks and Russian over the last ... five or six centuries.
Erdogan certainly remembers that Crimea was once Turkish.
LOL..that’s a classic! Sure to please The Putin Puffers.
Putin as peacemaker is laughable. Only a moron would buy it.
Hard to imagine what that could be.
Donald Trump completely supports Ukraine including more military aid to Ukraine than Biden has given.
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