Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey urged Ukrainian travel agencies on Thursday not to work with an association of Turkish agencies over what he called 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 both, has criticised Moscow's invasion but so far avoided the harsher rhetoric of other alliance members and opposes their use of sanctions.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comUkrainians and Russians are among Turkey's top visitors. In 2021, more than 2 million Ukrainian tourists arrived in Turkey, according to data from the tourism ministry, while another 4.
"The TURSAB chairman's meeting with us in the morning and later with the Russian Ambassador is a sign of the two-faced approach. Putting an equal sign between the aggressor Russia and Ukraine, which is defending itself, is tantamount to being an accomplice to the crime," Bodnar said on Twitter.