2023-05-29 21:00:00
The Turkish presidency announced, Monday evening, that President Biden congratulated his Turkish counterpart Erdogan on his re-election for a new term
US President Joe Biden said, on Monday, in statements to reporters regarding the content of a phone call, that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of the possibility of the United States selling F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, and that, for his part, he requested Turkey’s approval of Sweden’s accession to NATO. Atlantic.
Biden commented: “We’ll talk more regarding that (Sweden’s NATO accession) next week.”
Ankara refused to accept Sweden’s accession to NATO because of the presence of Kurdish elements in Sweden who violently criticize the Turkish president.
And the Turkish presidency announced, on Monday evening, that President Biden congratulated his Turkish counterpart Erdogan on his re-election to a new term, without revealing the details of the call that Biden mentioned.
The presidency stated in a statement that the leaders of the two countries discussed bilateral issues and global challenges and agreed on a comprehensive development of relations between the United States and Turkey, according to the “Tass” agency.
According to the statement, “President Biden called President Erdogan, and congratulated him on his re-election as president, expressing his hope that the results of the presidential elections would meet the aspirations of the Turkish people.
The statement stressed that the two presidents discussed regional and global challenges, and indicated that the relations between the two countries have become more important in light of these challenges, and they agreed to develop bilateral relations in all fields.
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