Turkey wants to guarantee Ukraine's independence after signing relevant agreements with Russia, while Ankara is working to achieve peace. This was stated by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, CNN reports.
"We categorically objected to the annexation of Crimea in 2014. If the world had given a proper answer to the annexation of Crimea, we would not be in such a situation today," Cavusoglu added.
He believes that both sides are close to an agreement on fundamental areas. Ukraine's independence is one of the conditions under discussion. Along with the UN Security Council and Germany, Turkey wants to be the guarantor of Ukraine's independence, Cavusoglu said.
Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin posted on his Twitter page that "the most difficult conditions for an agreement are Russia's demand to admit the annexation of Crimea, as well as the acceptance of the so-called independence of the CADLR (certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions). These are key issues and I think they are the most difficult to agree on. The other four topics of discussion are Ukraine's neutrality, disarmament and security guarantees, as well as work on so-called denazification."