WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden on Sunday congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on successful the second spherical in Turkey’s presidential election, some of the consequential within the nation’s trendy historical past.
“I look forward to continuing to work together as NATO Allies on bilateral issues and shared global challenges,” Biden mentioned in a tweet.
Biden’s NATO emphasis displays Washington’s precedence in seeing Sweden be a part of NATO by the Vilnius summit in mid-July.
Finland joined NATO final month, however Sweden’s membership has been held up by objections from Turkey and Hungary. Turkey says Stockholm harbors members of militant teams it considers to be terrorists.
The hold-up of NATO enlargement shouldn’t be the one thorn within the bilateral relationship between Washington and Ankara.
The two NATO allies disagree over a bunch of points together with Syria coverage, Ankara’s shut relationship with Moscow and the potential sale of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Turkey – points analysts count on to proceed to muddy ties. —Reuters
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