The Foreign Ministry said that the Bayraktar drone cannot be called Turkish
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Photo: collage “Today”
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ukraine should stop using the expression “Turkish Bayraktar” for purchased attack drones used in Donbas.
He stated this after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 summit, according to Evropeyskaya Pravda.
Cavusoglu noted that the drone may have been manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine.
“Turkey cannot be blamed for this. Ukraine must stop using our name.”, – he said.
The minister added that if a country buys them from us, from another country, these weapons cannot be called Turkish, Russian or Ukrainian.
“If the state buys it from us, it is no longer a Turkish product. Perhaps it was produced in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine. Turkey cannot be blamed for anything.”, – he said.
Cavusoglu said that during the fight against terrorism, Turkey faced different types of weapons from different countries.
“Sometimes, during our fight against terrorism in different countries, we come across different weapons from different countries, including Russia. We never blame Russia. Ukraine should also stop using our name.”– said the minister.
Note that Turkey has sold Bayraktar TB2 drones, in addition to Ukraine, to Qatar, Azerbaijan and Poland.
What is known
- On October 26, the Armed Forces of Ukraine first used the Bayraktar strike drone in Donbas, which was purchased from Turkey.
- The next day, the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation in the Trilateral Contact Group for Donbass, Boris Gryzlov, said that Kiev was trying to provoke Donbass to resume hostilities.
- Turkey successfully used these UAVs in Syria, and Azerbaijan – in the war with Armenia when ousting Armenian military formations from Nagorno-Karabakh.
- German Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrea Sasse expressed concern over the fact that the Ukrainian military used Bayraktar drones for the first time in Donbas.
- At the same time, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk responded to official Berlin to “concern”, stating that Ukraine has the right to self-defense.
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