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"The return of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law." Erdoğan said in his video address that Turkey has always been opposed to Russia's annexation of Crimea. He decried the persecution of Crimea's ethnic Tatars since 2014. Erdoğan added: "Our sincere wish is for the war to end with a fair and lasting peace based on Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence." In October 2020, the Turkish leader said during a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that his country would never recognize the annexation of Crimea. "We have and always will support Ukraine's sovereignty and...

"Our support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine is constant,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this in a video address to the Crimean Platform Leaders' Summit, APA reports citing TRT HABER. "Returning of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law," said the Turkish leader.