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President Erdogan declared that he aimed to increase the cooperation between Turkey and Russia in a number of areas, notably expanding the volume of trade,
the Turkish presidency said in a statement The U.S. tried to pull troops back from Syria during Trump’s first presidency. But, at that time, the U.S. system objected to it. It has been seen even a direct order of the president had no value in the eyes of defense bureaucracy. Trump should have taken his lessons from his first term and that’s why we see he is appointing loyalists to key positions,
This is a very problematic issue,
Fidan said, also reminding There may be various scenarios in the new era. What is important is to continue to discuss. We, both diplomatically and militarily, in terms of counterterrorism efforts, are very clear. We should continue to defend ourselves and bring forward new proposals. The U.S. sees that we are ready to take all kind of steps for our security,
My assessment is that they will review their ties with PKK/PYD. Because we tell them how serious we are on this issue at every opportunity. The Democrats have recently started to elaborate on this as they saw this was no longer sustainable,
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Ankara bureau chiefs of various media outlets over the weekend As a matter of fact, keeping 800 troops in Syria does not contribute much to the U.S. On the contrary, this military presence creates an obstacle in front of the American military operations,
They worry what Russia will pledge to North Korea in return of the deployment of [N Korea] troops,
the minister said, explaining Is there a nuclear risk? Frankly speaking, the moment the word 'nuclear' is mentioned, a risk exists.”
On the ongoing escalation between Russia and Ukraine, which resulted in the former’s change of its nuclear doctrine, Fidan said Actually, we demonstrate that we will no longer tolerate this. And we should continue doing this,
the minister said, urging
