Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who warned of a "direct conflict" between NATO and Russia, said regarding the conflict in Ukraine that diplomacy should be an option on the table.
"I honestly said that the Alliance should never be allowed to participate in the war in Ukraine," Erdogan said at a press conference after the NATO summit.
Erdogan said Turkey, the rare NATO member that has not joined the sanctions against Russia, supports the "territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
But he "also emphasized that diplomacy should not be ruled out and that negotiations do not have to mean capitulation."
At the summit in Washington, NATO members decided to increase aid to Kiev by sending fighter jets and air defense systems. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky also attended the summit.
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