Retired Turkish ambassador: Ukraine’s integrity important to Turkey

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00:00Concerning Ukraine, I'm not quite sure whether NATO will get involved on the ground with boots

00:06on the ground. But what Turkey has done is it's been very, very clear. The territorial integrity

00:13of Ukraine is very important for Turkey. Crimea, we have Crimean Tatars who are our kinsmen who

00:21live in Crimea, who've lived in Crimea for all the hundreds of years past, maybe thousands of

00:28years, and we support them as well. But we also have a very good relationship with Ukraine

00:34and with Russia, and we want them to stop. We want them to stop this bloody war, and it's

00:39been going on too long, and we all need to put pressure on both sides to stop it.