“We believe that at some point tomorrow, the two men” will have the opportunity to talk, “said Jake Sullivan of the US presidential plane carrying Biden to Madrid.
The American president Joe Biden and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan They are scheduled to meet tomorrow, Wednesday, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid, said White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
“We believe that at some point tomorrow ‘the two men’they will have the opportunity to chatThe American official from the American presidential plane said, emphasizing that the details of the meeting are still in preparation.
Sullivan assured that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, which is ardently wanted by Washington and which Ankara is threatening to block, “will be discussed”, but without being “the central object” of the discussion.
The American presidential plane carrying the American president landed at Madrid at 16:04 Greek time. Biden had left Germany, where he attended the G7 summit.
Sullivan also stressed that the United States will make “concrete announcements” tomorrow, Wednesday, during the summit on new commitments for long-term military reinforcements by land, sea and air in Europe, especially in the eastern part of the continent.
He stressed that “certain nations” of the Alliance would “also pledge to increase their defense contributions to the east wing” of NATO.
Biden has announced that he will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
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