ANKARA, November 18. /TASS/. The Ukrainian crisis is not a conflict between Russia and Ukraine but a "war between Russia and the West" which above all the US is interested in dragging out, Deputy Chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party Numan Kurtulmus told the CNN Turk TV channel on Friday.

"This war is actually not a conflict between Russia and Ukraine but a war between Russia and the West. The US and a number of European countries, by providing support to Ukraine, are engaged in the process of prolonging this war. Our [Turkey’s] goal is achieving the swiftest end to the conflict but some people are making an effort for it to continue," the politician who belongs to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party said.

According to him, by drawing out the Ukrainian conflict, the US wants to tip the global balance of forces in its favor which was disrupted after the fall of the Soviet Union. "Many countries are involved in the battle for global influence which is a risk in itself. The US pursues its own interests. It is necessary to create a global political system which would make it possible to establish new structures capable of ensuring peace on the planet," the politician noted, reiterating Erdogan’s proposal to reform the existing UN system.

The Turkish president repeatedly stated, even at the UN, that the international organization in its current form is unable to settle crises emerging worldwide. His initiative’s "The World is Bigger than Five" motto provides for reforming the UN Security Council system where its five permanent members with veto power (the UK, China, Russia, the US and France) dominate. Any of them can block any UN decision. Non-permanent members of the Security Council do not have this power.