With great gambling resembles Turkey’s decision to blocks the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATOThe Namik Tan, former Turkish ambassador to the United Nations.
Turkey, risks its position in NATO and its reputationfor the sake of consolidating it inside, at a time when is in dire need of foreign capitalTan said in an article published in Yetkin Report.
“Negotiation is in the nature of international relations,” Tan said, adding, however, that “if you choose the wrong methods to communicate this truth, you may not get what rightfully belongs to you.”
The government, he added, may not act in the interests of the country.
“I believe that the government has chosen to take this stand in order to take advantage of the situation in order to consolidate its base that is disintegrating at home and to cover the economic problems that are likely to worsen further, motivated by political opportunism and not a a calm analysis of Turkey’s long-term interests “, said the former diplomat.
With information from Ahval
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