Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday evening reaffirmed his desire to develop relations between Turkey and the United States based on a “win-win” approach, while several conflicts between the United States have escalated in recent years. Two NATO allies. “We want to strengthen our cooperation with the new US administration on a win-win basis,” Erdogan said in a video released by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “The common interests of Turkey and the United States outweigh their differences,” he said. Turkey welcomed the election of Joe Biden with a certain skepticism, fearing that it would take drastic action against an American in many respects. In response to the delivery of the first battery of the Russian S-400 air defense system to Turkey in 2019, the United States withdrew Ankara from the production program of the F-35 pirated aircraft and banned the award in December. SSP, the Turkish government agency responsible for purchasing military equipment, allows any arms exports. The first U.S. reaction to a soft verdict by Ankara over the killing of 13 Turks in Iraq by PKK insurgents this week has rekindled tensions. Erdogan accuses Washington of supporting Kurdish “terrorists”. Ankara was outraged by a statement issued by the head of US diplomacy who openly blamed the PKK for the deaths of thirteen Turks.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday evening reaffirmed his desire to develop relations between Turkey and the United States based on a “win-win” approach, while several conflicts between the United States have escalated in recent years. Two NATO allies. “We want to strengthen our collaboration with the new …