World Courant
ANKARA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has entered right into a busy diplomatic site visitors for 3 days in Lithuania, which he visited for the NATO leaders’ summit.
The 31 leaders of the navy alliance met for the summit to debate, amongst different points, the Ukraine struggle, Sweden’s NATO membership, and the group’s steps to strengthen protection and deterrence.
Erdogan arrived in Vilnius on Monday and met with a number of leaders on the Lithuanian Exhibition and Conference Middle (LITEXPO), the venue for the two-day NATO assembly that started Tuesday.
On Monday, Erdogan met with NATO Secretary Common Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to debate Sweden’s bid to affix NATO.
Stoltenberg mentioned on Monday that after Turkey’s tripartite assembly with Sweden and NATO, Sweden has agreed to ship the NATO accession protocol to parliament.
Erdogan additionally met with European Council President Charles Michel on Monday.
Michel mentioned on Twitter that they’re “analyzing alternatives to re-emphasize EU-Turkey cooperation and revitalize our relationships”.
He added that he has requested the Council’s international coverage chief, Josep Borrell, and the European Fee to submit a report “with the purpose of shifting ahead strategically and ahead”.
Michel mentioned he additionally praised Erdogan for “Turkey’s central function in mediating and offering the Black Sea Grain Initiative.”
“We additionally mentioned Sweden’s participation in @NATO when it comes to enhancing EU-Turkey relations.”
1st day of NATO summit
The diplomatic site visitors of the President of Turkey continued on Tuesday, the primary day of the NATO summit.
Throughout the assembly, which happened on the margin of the summit, Erdogan and US President Joe Biden mentioned quite a few points, together with bilateral relations, safety cooperation and regional points.
“Throughout our assembly, we mentioned our bilateral relations and cooperation alternatives within the area of safety,” Erdogan mentioned on his Twitter account.
Individually, Turkey’s Directorate of Communications mentioned in an announcement on Twitter, “Throughout the assembly, political, financial and business relations, safety and regional cooperation alternatives between Turkey and america had been mentioned.”
Later, Erdoğan met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Day 2 of NATO summit
On the second day of the leaders’ summit, Erdogan first met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Later, he met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and in line with the assertion made by the Turkish Directorate of Communications on Twitter, “the assembly happened in a pleasant ambiance”.
“President Erdogan and Mr. Mitsotakis agreed that it’s within the pursuits of each nations that the optimistic ambiance that has emerged in bilateral relations in current months has continuity and consistency.”
The events agreed to extend the optimistic momentum between the 2 nations within the coming interval and to provoke communication channels.
Erdogan and Mitsotakis agreed on the Turkey-Greece Excessive Degree Cooperation Council assembly to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in autumn.
“In addition they tasked the 2 international ministers with guiding the method and reporting on progress,” the assertion mentioned.
The 2 leaders emphasised the will for extra frequent communication in any respect ranges so as to create an environment of belief and create the mandatory situations for the event of Turkish-Greek relations.
Erdogan additionally mentioned bilateral and regional points with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on the closed-door assembly held at LITEXPO.
He later met with the President of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen.
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