He expressed disappointment with the reaction of the United States and NATO, which amounted to an attempt to ignore legitimate Russian concerns and demands
Moscow. February 23. INTERFAX - The situation around Ukraine was at the center of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin's press service informs.
"The leaders exchanged assessments of the situation in connection with Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. Vladimir Putin stressed the objective necessity of the decision taken in the context of the aggression of the Ukrainian authorities in the Donbas and their categorical refusal to implement the Minsk Agreements. Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave his well-known views on this matter," the message says.
The topic of developing long-term legal guarantees for the security of the Russian Federation was also touched upon. "In this context, Vladimir Putin expressed disappointment with the reaction of the United States and NATO, which amounted to an attempt to ignore legitimate Russian concerns and demands," the press service reports.
