Erdogan: The Putin I know… If he intends to do something he will

“If the Russian president intends something, he will do it” the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said describing Vladimir Putin and commenting on Russia’s plans following the results of referendums in the liberated lands, Speaking about the referendums held in the republics of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye, Erdogan expressed his concern over the annexation of these territories to Russia.

“This could happen because Mr. Putin, who I know if he thinks of something, will do it, and there are situations that testify about that,” Erdogan was quoted by the Turkish official Anadolu news agency as saying.

“For this reason, I attach great importance to our meeting tomorrow (with Putin, expected on Thursday)”, the Turkish president added.

I hope we leave this issue at the point it has reached and move on to diplomacy”.

Earlier, the Turkish president said he hoped to hold phone talks with Putin on Thursday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that phone talks between the Russian president and his Turkish counterpart hadn’t yet been planned.

Referendums on the question of joining Russia were held from September 23 to 27 in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

According to the results of the counting of votes in the Donetsk Democratic Republic, 99.23% of the votes were in favor of joining the Russian Federation, in the Lugansk Republic 98.42%, in the Kherson region 87.05%, and in the Zaporozhye region 93.11%.

Putin said last week that Russia would support the decision made by residents of the Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.