11/7/2023-|Last update: 11/7/202310:19 PM (Mecca Time)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wished his US counterpart, Joe Biden, good luck in his campaign for re-election in 2024, during a friendly talk to them on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit.
Erdogan told Biden when the two leaders met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lithuania, “Now, you are preparing for the upcoming elections… I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you the best of luck.”
“Thank you. I look forward to meeting you in the next five years,” Biden replied, laughing.
The friendly exchange of conversations witnessed by the journalists represented a shift in the sometimes tense relations between the two NATO members after Erdogan dropped his opposition to Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance, as part of a series of steps that pleased the United States and angered Russia.
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The 80-year-old Democratic US president is seeking a second four-year term in the November 2024 presidential election. Biden wants to make leading international coalitions part of his campaign platform.
Erdogan won a new five-year presidential term last May.
A serious stage in the relations between the two countries
On the other hand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considered the meeting of his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in Lithuania as a new stage in the relations between the two countries, and Erdogan confirmed that he believes that the time has come for consultations at the level of presidents within the scope of the strategic mechanism (with the United States), and that their meeting represents A first step towards that.
For his part, US President Joe Biden thanked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “for the diplomacy he pursued and the leadership he showed with regard to Sweden.”
Biden welcomed Turkey’s announcement to refer the protocol of Sweden’s accession to NATO to Parliament. Describing the NATO summit as historic, he reiterated his pledges to strengthen the alliance’s defense.
And Monday, a tripartite statement confirmed that Ankara will refer the protocols of Sweden’s accession to the alliance to parliament for ratification, and that Stockholm will support efforts to revive Turkey’s accession process to the European Union.
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2023-07-11 18:47:02
