He admitted that the Russian president uses energy as a weapon.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that it is Europe to blame for the energy crisis that has arisen in the region today. His words are quoted by Haber Global.
“We have no problems with natural gas. Europe is actually reaping what it has sown. Mr. Putin's position says that if you do this, I will do this. He uses all the means and weapons at his disposal. The most important of them is natural gas,” Erdogan confirmed, adding that “we would not like that, but this is the situation in Europe, and I think this winter Europe will have serious problems”.
He also noted that Turkey does not have such problems.
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