Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Archival photoANKARA, Apr 23Greece raises at EU meetings the issue of Turkey's non-alignment with the sanctions against Russia, Ankara knows the reason for such actions, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. «We are not told: «Join the sanctions , why don't you join. «There is only Greece and the side of the Greek Cypriots. They raise this issue at meetings of the European Union. The reason is known: tourists will not come, tourists will go to Turkey,» State TV channel Trt quoted Cavusoglu as saying. operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation. Western countries imposed numerous sanctions in response to the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it.
Zakharova reacted to the expulsion of Russian diplomats by Greece
