Istanbul: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the cellphone with the President of the United States Donald Trump and mentioned the efforts to finish the warfare between Russia and Ukraine and to revive stability in Syria, stated the Erdogan workplace on Sunday (March 16).
He informed Trump that Turkey helps his “decisive and direct initiatives” to finish the warfare between Russia and Ukraine and that Turkey will proceed to struggle for a “proper and lasting peace”, says the observe.
Erdogan additionally spoke of “the significance of contributing collectively to the revocation of the sanctions on Syria to revive stability, make the brand new administration and normalization of the help purposeful”, says the declaration, including that this could enable the Syrians to return to their homeland.
Turkey additionally expects steps from the United States relating to the struggle in opposition to terrorism, considering the pursuits of Türkiye, he stated.
In the battle in opposition to the Islamic State in Syria, the United States are allied with a Syrian Kurdish militia that Turkey considers a terrorist group. Turkey clearly criticized this American place as a betrayal of a NATO ally.
Erdogan stated that it was vital to place an finish to the sanctions of Caatsa, to finalize the ankara’s F-16 provide course of and its re-party within the F-35 program with a view to develop the cooperation of the protection sector between Turkey and the United States.
The previous buy by Ankara of the Air Defense Systems S-400 Russi pushed the sanctions and the removing of Türkiye from the F-35 Fighter Jet program in 2019.
