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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cut short his three-day Africa tour because of the escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
Mr Erdogan was due to visit Guinea-Bissau for the first time on Thursday, but was returning home to participate in an online Nato summit on Wednesday, his office said.
Mr Erdogan has visited Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties.
Guinea-Bissau was supposed to have been the final destination of his tour.
Turkey plans to open an embassy in the country, which has been hit by instability for years and is often referred to as a narco-state.
Earlier this month, President Umaro Sissoko Embaló said the government had foiled a coup attempt masterminded by former officials who had served time in US jails for drug trafficking.
