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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Sweden and Finland are not only considering joining NATO, but that President Joe Biden can be expected early on as world leaders gather in Madrid this week. rice field.
Biden said he was “looking forward” to the meeting with Erdogan this week, according to information from a phone call made by two world leaders before boarding separate planes to Spain, the White House said.
Parliamentarians are worried that Turkey is “playing a double game” in NATO, arms negotiations
The summit is set to focus on the changing security realities brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s apparent invasion of the Pacific Ocean, but centered on Turkey’s candid leaders. Is expected.
Prime Minister Erdogan blocked Helsinki and Stockholm from immediately joining NATO over allegations that Ankara contained an individual sympathetic to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which he regarded as a terrorist.
“We will hold these four-party talks together to see where they have reached,” Erdogan told reporters at the airport, the Turkish press reported. “We don’t want dry words. We want results. We’re tired of spinning the ball in the middle. So far, they’re producing words.”
Turkish leaders in a Greek pose directly claim the US base as a “threat” and Athens with Athens over NATO expansion
The PKK has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union. However, Western support for groups belonging to the PKK fighting ISIS in Syria under the People’s Defense Units (YPG) has caused further anger among Turkish leaders.
It is unclear how negotiations with NATO, Sweden, Finland and Turkey proceeded, but long-standing spats between Turkey and other NATO allies are creeping into ongoing negotiations.
Turkey has claimed in recent weeks that a US base in Greece is threatening Turkey’s security and accused the US of using decades-old beef between Athens and Ankara to strengthen its own agenda. did.
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“When we ask about them, you say,’They are against Russia.’ What action did you take against Russia from there? So what about these weapons? [delivered to the YPG]?? Who are they used for? “Prime Minister Erdogan asked on Tuesday.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden and Erdogan would have time to meet on Wednesday, but nothing has been officially written yet.