Turkish President returns to the issue of islands in his statements at the NATO Summit –
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated today that efforts should be intensified for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine.
“We will try to continue telephone diplomacy with Ukrainian President Zelensky and Russian President Putin this weekend or early next week on the grain transport corridor,” he told a news conference in Madrid. NATO summit.
Erdogan stressed that all of Turkey’s sensitivities were included in the agreement with Finland and Sweden.
He said Stockholm and Helsinki must keep their promises to Turkey in the agreement to lift Ankara’s veto on their NATO bids, including a Stockholm pledge to extradite 73 “terrorists” to Turkey.
He called on NATO member states to show “genuine solidarity” in Ankara’s fight against terrorism.
“This determination (against terrorism) must not be left on paper. It is imperative that the fight continues in full solidarity without any discrimination between terrorist organizations,” he told the NATO summit.
Erdogan said he sees the signing of the tripartite agreement as a recognition of Ankara’s sensitivities regarding terrorism and a “diplomatic victory” for Turkey.
The Turkish president also referred to the demilitarization of the Greek islands, insisting on his rhetoric:
“Greece’s recent stance does not match our perception of politics. After the dinner I gave him in Istanbul, I made a suggestion: Let us have bilateral relations from now on. I said do not involve third parties. But in the US Congress, unfortunately, he did the opposite. Not only that, he did the same in Davos. He did not stay with him, visited islands and islets, and made efforts to arm them. This is an agreement contrary to the Lausanne Agreement. You can not arm them. However, when asked about the facts of setting up a US base here, the answer we got was that it was against Russia. Of course my people do not believe them. We do not view them positively, we have told the leaders in bilateral meetings.
Why we criticize the opposition before the summit There was mutual criticism. It was interpreted as a step back and a concession with consent. What do you say about this issue?
His contrast calls black white, white calls black. It never says what it should be. This is the Turkish opposition. People see very clearly how this fact is handled. The steps we took were not only interesting but also appreciated. We also shared with you the video recordings of our fight against terrorism, so that they can understand it very well after seeing it. Terrorists in Sweden are seriously insane. We will tell them when we return “.
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