The presidents of Türkiye and the US agreed Sunday to have a one-on-one assembly at an upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.
Türkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a cellphone name with the US’ Joe Biden, discussing a spread of issues together with Sweden’s bid to affix NATO and the US sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye, mentioned an announcement by the Turkish Communications Directorate.
On Sweden’s ongoing efforts to affix NATO, which have confronted opposition from Ankara attributable to security- and terrorism-related issues, Erdoğan instructed Biden that Stockholm took “correct steps” by passing latest anti-terror amendments, however these had been nullified by flagrant demonstrations by sympathizers of the PKK terror group.
He additionally mentioned it will be incorrect to affiliate Sweden’s NATO accession with the sale of F-16 jets to Türkiye, whereas thanking his US counterpart for his assist to Ankara on its want to buy the fighter plane from Washington.
The two leaders additionally mentioned Türkiye’s EU accession course of and Ukraine’s place vis-a-vis NATO in the course of the name.
Underlining that Türkiye has been principled and trustworthy on becoming a member of the EU, Erdoğan mentioned Ankara needed to revive its accession course of for full membership within the bloc.
He added that Türkiye needed main EU international locations and the bloc’s management to provide a transparent and robust message of assist for its membership in the course of the Vilnius summit.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
