Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will participate in the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in Washington for the 75th anniversary of the Alliance with a rich agenda.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is on his way to Washington to take part in this year’s NATO Summit, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Alliance. He will meet with the heads of state and government of the Alliance member countries in joint meetings and will also hold bilateral meetings.

it is about a visit of critical importance for Turkish-American relationsas it takes place a few days after Erdogan attended the Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan and met with Russian President Putin, where they discussed, among other things, the normalization of Turkey-Syria relations and Putin’s possible visit to Turkey.

Pro-government newspapers point out that one of the topics of the Summit will be Ukrainian (after all, Zelensky is invited to the Summit) and Turkey will emphasize its support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, but also finding a way to bring Russia and Ukraine on the road. of a peace process.

Visit of critical importance for Turkish-American relations

The Turkish media consider an exchange of views between Erdogan and Biden on Gaza and the Middle East, but also on Syria, where a peace initiative is being developed at the urging of Russia to restore Syria-Turkey relations. The position of the Americans in this equation is crucial, as they are known to support the Syrian Kurds fighting against Assad, who according to Ankara are nothing more than an offshoot of the PKK.

In the press conference he gave before his departure, the Turkish president praised the importance of his country in the context of NATO, “we are one of the 5 countries that form the backbone of the Alliance”, he said, and predicted that Turkey would do just as well under the Alliance’s new Secretary General, Mark Rutte, as it would under Stoltenberg. Call NATO not to become part of the war and he particularly emphasized the efforts through the Organization of Turkic States – as in the last Summit in Susa last Saturday – to make the occupied countries an equally recognized member of the Organization.

Tomorrow the Turkish president will attend the meeting of the 32 heads of state and government of the Alliance and in the evening the leaders and their spouses will attend a dinner hosted by Joe Biden at the White House.