Turkey Seeks to Use Erdogan-Trump Ties to Bridge 32-Nation NATO Rift
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 6
Turkey Seeks to Use Erdogan-Trump Ties to Bridge 32-Nation NATO Rift
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 6
Summary
Ankara will try to use President Tayyip Erdogan’s personal rapport with Donald Trump to ease divisions at Tuesday’s NATO summit in the Turkish capital, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.
Fidan said Trump responds to trust and friendship, and Turkey wants to turn that relationship “for the benefit of the greater good” across the alliance.
The 32-member bloc meets under pressure after Trump threatened to scale back the U.S. role in NATO or quit altogether, pushing allies to weigh alternative security arrangements.
Those strains have deepened as Trump accused allies of disloyalty for not backing the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, even while keeping cordial ties with Erdogan.