Cavusoglu: Turkey Does Not Need to Choose between Russia and US

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey has no obligation to take a side in any dispute between the United States and Russia. 
Asked by reporters what the future holds for Turkish-Russian ties after Ankara welcomed the US missile strikes against a Syrian regime airbase last week, the opposite of Moscow’s reaction, Cavusoglu said, Turkey "does not have to take a side between Russia and the US". 
"We recently welcomed the US strike on the Assad regime. We are also keen to continue efforts to build on the cease-fire within the scope of the Astana talks," he told journalists in a meeting organized by the Directorate General of Press and Information in the Mediterranean city of Antalya. 
"There is no contradiction here," he added, according to Turkey's Anadolu Agency (AA). 
Cavusoglu also said that Ankara has been on a "different page" with Moscow on Assad since the beginning, adding that Turkey "would have given up its principles if it cares what other countries think when there’s a chemical attack and a crime against humanity". 
Turkey has long said Syria has no future under the Bashar al-Assad regime, while Russia has come to the Syrian regime’s aid. 

Source: QNA