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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey expressed its readiness to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, but with one " An analogue of Article 5 of NATO will not be signed in Ankara, Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, Hurriyet reports..
During negotiations with the Russian Federation, Ukraine put forward the conditions for the desired security guarantees formulated on the basis of Article 5 of the NATO Charter. This article is about collective defense, in the event of an attack on one member of the Alliance, this is considered an attack on all members of NATO. Ukraine requires similar conditions for itself..
However, the Turkish Foreign Minister excludes such security guarantees.
" Of course, Turkey does not accept it either.. Sending Turkish soldiers to Ukraine in the event of a conflict is out of the question. We are trying to understand which guarantee option can be an effective alternative,"
Along with Turkey, France expressed its readiness to provide Ukraine with " At the same time, negotiations are ongoing with Germany regarding its inclusion in the list of security guarantors..