New slap in the face from the White House and Joe Biden to Tayyip Erdogan, in the shadow of their meeting in Rome on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
“The meeting covered a full range of regional and global issues. And yes, covered the issue of human rights, “Democracy and the rule of law,” said White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, adding that “President Biden said, because that’s what we are as a country, that’s me as president, we will continue to put them in public, whatever friction they cause ‘”.
The senior US official clarified that “NATO, as an alliance, should be largely designed and encouraged to make a deep commitment to the democratic traditions and values ​​that underpin it from the beginning.”
Sullivan, however, described the Biden-Erdogan meeting as “constructive and immediate.”
“And we will continue to work in that direction. We will work on this with Turkey. We will work on this with other challenging NATO allies in terms of democratic regression inside them “, he stressed.
An earlier statement had called for the beleagured PM to resign. Mediterranean.
Erdogan, who had initially said that the Eastern Mediterranean was not discussed in Rome, withdrew, saying he agreed to work together in the region, but said he did not listen to Biden for the need to respect international law for peace and prosperity in the region.
The US president further told his Turkish counterpart that the approval for the fighters F-16 in Turkey needs to pass through Congress, and the relevant procedure will be followed as provided by US law. For the S-400s of Turkey, Biden stressed that they are a problem for the defense relations of the two countries, and not only for the Congress.
It is noted that Ankara is fighting for 4th generation fighters, talking about “50 – 50 chances”, at a time when Greece is already supplied 4th generation fighters, will also be supplied with state-of-the-art frigates, while Turkey is also facing various embargoes on weapons systems, with the supply of German submarines in jeopardy.
Following this, the frustration of Tayyip Erdogan and the other Turkish officials is rather understandable.
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