Turkey’s relations with Russia, China don’t mean turning its back on the West, Erdogan says
Erdogan said 2022 grain deal brokered by Turkey helped global food supplies as he sought stronger Black Sea shipping security and closer SCO ties.
- On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey's pursuit of deeper ties with the East does not mean it is turning its back on the West.
- Returning from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan, Erdogan reiterated Turkey's goal of becoming a full member of the ten-member SCO.
- During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan discussed nuclear cooperation and expressed a shared expectation that the war in Ukraine ends peacefully.
- Erdogan emphasized the need for a mechanism to ensure maritime security in the Black Sea, adding it would prevent a "resurgence of the grain crisis."
- The growing ten-member SCO, which includes Russia and China, is often viewed as a counterweight to global influence from the West, though its goals remain vague.
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Erdogan Claims Turkey Can Remain Friends with the West While Joining China-Russia Axis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Wednesday that Turkey can still have friendly relations with the West, even as he seeks to join the anti-Western Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and form a security bloc with China and Russia.
Turkey, a member country of NATO, with the second army as the size of the Western alliance, will consider raising its relations to a higher level with the security bloc led by China and Russia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS), declared on Wednesday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Turkey's prospect of becoming ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would consider full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the bloc led by China and Russia. Erdogan claims that this possible accession would not mean a break in the West. Turkey, which holds the second largest army in NATO, is currently "an OCS dialogue partner and the only country in the North Atlantic Alliance associated with the organisation," Reuters reports.
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Turkey's relations with Russia, China don't mean turning its back on the West, Erdogan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is not backing away from the West as it seeks deeper ties with the East as he returns from a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Ankara takes into account full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (OCS), the alliance... The post Turkey analyzes accession to the security bloc led by China and Russia. Erdogan: "It's not a break from the West appeared first on Special Arad · the latest news from Arad.
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