Istanbul, Turkey — The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reiterated his warnings on Monday to Iran not to extend the conflict, hours after NATO intercepted an Iranian missile in Turkish airspace, the second such interception since Mar. 4.
“Despite our sincere warnings, extremely wrong and provocative steps continue to be taken that test Turkey’s friendship,” Erdoğan warned.
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“Attitudes that cast shadows on a thousand years of neighborhood and brotherhood and that open deep wounds in the heart and mind of our nation should not be adopted,” Erdoğan said in a speech broadcast live by Turkish broadcaster NTV.
The head of state said that Turkey is doing everything possible to prevent the conflict from spreading further and to stop the spilling of more blood, and that Turkey is closely collaborating with the other NATO members and other allies to follow the course of the conflict.
Erdoğan also emphasized that, thanks to the Central Bank of Turkey’s reserves, his government is preventing the war-caused rise in oil and gas prices from being passed on to citizens in the form of higher inflation.
He recalled that a fiscal staggering system was established last week to limit the increase in fuel prices.
Furthermore, tariffs on the import of fertilizers were eliminated to encourage importation, the arrival of which to world markets has been greatly affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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