Turkey’s membership in NATO is not in question, said the official representative of NATO in Brussels. “Turkey is an important ally, making a significant contribution to the overall achievement of NATO”, – is spoken in the statement published on Wednesday, August 10, on the website of the Alliance.
As specified in the statement, “a clear position of NATO” published in connection with the emergence of speculative press reports regarding the position of the Alliance regarding the attempted coup in Turkey and the membership of this country. In the night, when a group of Turkish military tried to seize power, the NATO Secretary General spoke with foreign Minister of Turkey and President Erdogan, “strongly condemning the coup and reiterating the full support of democratic institutions in Turkey”. “NATO expects continued cooperation with Turkey, and Turkey can count on the solidarity and support of NATO”, – the statement stresses.
Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia is not a warning to the West
Ankara’s rapprochement with Moscow is not a warning sign to the West, said on the same day foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu, commenting on the results of the talks in St. Petersburg between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We do this in our own interests and in the interests of the region,” the diplomat said.
According to Cavusoglu, Turkey has always considered its relations with Russia “as complementary and not competing” with the West. At the same time, the Minister said if the West will “lose” Turkey, it will happen because of his own mistakes, not because of Ankara’s relations with Russia, China or the Islamic world.
