Turkey–Ukraine relations
Turkis–Ukrainian relations are foreign relations atween Turkey an Ukraine. Turkey and Ukraine hae a lang chronology o historical, geografic, an cultural contact. Diplomatic relations atween baith kintras wur established in early 1990s when Turkey acame ane o the first states in the warld tae annoonce offeecially aboot recognition o sovereign Ukraine. Turkey haes an embassy in Kiev an a consulate general in Odessa. Ukraine haes an embassy in Ankara an a consulate general in Istanbul. Turkey is a full member o NATO an Ukraine is a candidate. An aw baith kintras are BLACKSEAFOR an BSEC members.
In late Januar 2010 Ukrainian Preses Viktor Yanukovych an Turkis Prime Meenister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed tae form a free trade zone atween the twa kintras durin 2011.[1] But bilateral free trade talks wur put on hauld in 2013.[2]
Follaein the end o 2015, Turkey an Ukraine experienced closer relations as a result o baith kintras increasingly strained relationship wi Roushie.[2] On 20 August 2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Ukrainian coonterpairt Petro Poroshenko that Turkey waud nae recognise the 2014 Roushie annexation o Crimea; calling it "Crimea's occupation".[3] On 9 Januar 2017 Turkey's Foreign Meenister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu statit "We support the territorial integrity o Ukraine an Georgie. We do nae recognise the annexation o the launds o Ukraine.[4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Ukraine and Turkey start forming free trade zone, UNIAN (January 25, 2010)
- ↑ a b Ukraine, Turkey may forge anti-Russian alliance in Black Sea, UNIAN (16 March 2016)
- ↑ Erdogan Tells Poroshenko Turkey Won't Recognize Crimea As Russian, Radio Free Europe (20 August 2016)
- ↑ Turkey does not review the position on Ukraine and Georgia in favor of, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 January 2017)