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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Ankara, December 13 (Xinhua) – The Black Sea should not become a "confrontation zone" between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday.
"The Black Sea should not be viewed as a confrontation zone. This will benefit neither Russia nor Ukraine. Everyone needs safe navigation in the Black Sea," the semi-official Anadolu News Agency quotes Erdoğan as saying.
R.T. Erdogan made the announcement on board his plane upon returning to Turkey from Turkmenistan, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the International Forum for Peace and Trust and called for a “limited ceasefire” to prevent attacks on energy facilities and port infrastructure as part of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Ankara has recently repeatedly expressed concern about the potential spillover of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict into the Black Sea. In early December, several drone attacks on Russian-flagged tankers or vessels bound for Russia occurred in Turkey's exclusive economic zone. Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attacks.
On December 12, a missile struck a Turkish-owned civilian vessel in the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, near Odesa. The vessel sustained damage in the attack, but no casualties were reported. Ukrainian authorities claimed it was a "Russian attack," but Russia has not yet commented on the incident.
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