Western capitals are increasingly alarmed about the deepening economic co-operation between Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin, warning of the mounting risk that the Nato member state could be hit by punitive retaliation if it helps Russia avoid sanctions.Six western officials told the Financial Times that they were concerned about the pledge made on Friday by the Turkish and Russian leaders to expand their co-operation on trade and energy after a four-hour meeting in Sochi.
西方國家對土耳其總統雷傑普•塔伊普•艾爾段(Recep Tayyip Erdoğan)與弗拉迪米爾•普丁(Vladimir Putin)之間不斷深化的經濟合作日益感到震驚,官員們警告稱,土耳其如果幫助俄羅斯避免制裁,這個北約(NATO)成員國受到懲罰性報復的風險就會越來越大。