ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin, has ordered to promptly start work on the gas hub idea.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, assured on Sunday that Ankara will not join the West in imposing sanctions against Russia for its military operation in Ukraine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the West on Sunday during a meeting with young Turks in the city of Van, saying that he cannot be trusted in his policy. As an example, he returned to the issue of US military bases in Greece.