Peskov said about the “luxury” of Turkey to defend its interests

Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the most sovereign country among other NATO members, it allows itself to defend allied interests that run counter to the line of Western countries, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the air of the Belarus 24 TV channel.

“This is a country that can afford the luxury of telling Brussels today, that is, NATO that you know that we will not join the sanctions, and we will not burn all the bridges with Russia, because we need it,” Peskov explained, noting that Moscow highly appreciates such a position of Ankara (quote from TASS).

“Excellent relations have developed between Russia and Turkey,” Peskov said, which exist despite the existence of disagreements. “[Отношения] not free from, let’s say, points of complete misunderstanding of each other, ”estimated the representative of the Russian president. He noted that despite this, partnership based on mutual benefit has more weight in relations between Moscow and Ankara.

The material is being added.