Turkey will press ahead with its efforts to bring the leaders of Ukraine and Russia together in a bid to end the violence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Erdogan made the comments on Thursday at the end of an emergency NATO summit to discuss the situation in Ukraine. NATO-member Turkey has criticized Russia's war on Ukraine but has also been walking a delicate line trying to balance its relations with both Ukraine and Russia and positioning itself as a mediator between the two countries. "We will continue our discussion with both (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy," Erdogan said. "All our efforts are to bring the two leaders together and to especially establish an atmosphere of peace." Erdogan said decisions taken at the summit were "steps purely geared toward strengthening NATO's deterrence and defense set-up." "We once again underlined that the alliance is not organizing to pose a threat to Russia or other third countries," Erdogan said. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake