Today, Saturday, the President of Turkey issued a statement regarding the telephone conversation between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after the armed rebellion announced by the leader of the Wagner group.
On his Twitter account, the Turkish President issued a statement saying: “The President of the Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin … and the conversation was about the latest events taking place in Russia. “
The statement added: “President Erdogan emphasized during the call the need to act rationally, stressing that no one should be allowed to profit from current events.”
President Erdogan has made it clear that Turkey is ready to do whatever it takes to find a solution to current events as soon as possible, easily and naturally, the statement said.
President of the Republic Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
The call concerned the latest events taking place in Russia.
During the conversation, President Erdogan stressed the need to act rationally.
President Erdogan also stressed the need for no one to try to take advantage of current events.
— Turkish Presidency (@tcbestepe_ar) June 24, 2023
The Kremlin statement says that at the initiative of the Turkish side, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the President of Russia informed his Turkish counterpart about the situation in the country in connection with an attempted armed uprising.
The statement added that Erdogan expressed to Putin his full support for the steps taken by the Russian leadership to counter this attempt (an armed rebellion).
Earlier today, on Saturday, Putin delivered an emergency speech after the Wagner founder called for armed defiance, calling the call a betrayal of Russia and its people, and stressed that its organizers would not escape punishment.
He pointed out that an attempted military mutiny is a stab in the back, and that the Russian authorities will not allow the division of Russia and will seek to protect the people.
Source: RT + TASS
