Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey has urged Ukrainian journey businesses to not work with an affiliation of Turkish businesses over what he referred to as its ‘two-faced’ stance amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
NATO member Turkey, which shares a maritime border with Russia and Ukraine and has good ties with each, has criticised Moscow’s invasion however up to now prevented the harsher rhetoric of different alliance members and opposes their use of sanctions.
Moscow calls the assault a “particular operation.”
Ukrainians and Russians are amongst Turkey‘s prime guests. In 2021, greater than 2 million Ukrainian vacationers arrived in Turkey, in accordance with information from the tourism ministry, whereas one other 4.7 million vacationers got here from Russia.
Ambassador Vasyl Bodnar on Thursday mentioned the top of the Turkey Journey Companies Affiliation (TURSAB) had met individually with him and the Russian ambassador to Ankara, slamming what he mentioned amounted to an equating of Ukraine and Russia.
“The TURSAB chairman’s assembly with us within the morning and later with the Russian Ambassador is an indication of the two-faced method. Placing an equal signal between the aggressor Russia and Ukraine, which is defending itself, is tantamount to being an confederate to the crime,” Bodnar mentioned on Twitter.
“We urge Ukrainian journey businesses to not work with TURSAB.”
TURSAB Chairman Firuz Baglikaya mentioned he had mentioned journey businesses’ work with the Russian ambassador and informed him that the “language of tourism is peace”, calling for a right away halt to preventing. He added he supplied Bodnar TURSAB’s assist in delivering Turkish humanitarian help to Ukraine.
(Reuters)