BRUSSELS: US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will talk Ankara’s order of Russian S-400 missiles during face discussions on Monday but there’s not much hope they’ll solve a bitter dispute which divides NATO.
Turkey has NATO’s second-biggest army following the United States but debates over Syria, human rights, the treatment of Armenians from the Ottoman Empire and worries in the southern Mediterranean have strained their connections.
Since taking office in January,” Biden has recognized the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide and awakened criticism of Turkey’s human rights record, embracing a cooler tone towards Erdogan compared to his predecessor Donald Trump.
White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan stated the two leaders, that are attending a NATO summit in Brussels, could touch on Afghanistan, Libya and China throughout their very first direct experience since Biden became president.
“They will discuss political and financial problems which are more ambitious…
which were challenges in our connection, such as human rights-related problems,” Sullivan told reporters about coming in Brussels late on Sunday.
Erdogan said on departing Turkey the identical day he anticipated an”heterosexual strategy” out of Biden to proceed from previous issues.
“Turkey isn’t just any nation, it’s an allied state.
We’re just two NATO allies,” he told reporters.
“There are lots of problems regarding defence business which were left behind the desk.
The main one of them is that the F-35 problem,” Erdogan said of Washington’s choice to eliminate Turkey in the fighter jet plan.
1 place where Erdogan expects to flaunt a fundamental Turkish part in the NATO cooperation would be currently in Afghanistan, in which Turkey has provided to protect and function Kabul airport to procure entry to the nation following the U.S.-prompted NATO withdrawal.
However, with all these points of contention, expects for any significant breakthrough at the strained connection are slim.
“While the two sides are expected to pursue a few pragmatic involvement and is considering a showdown, the assembly won’t offer Erdogan with any purposeful dividend,” consultancy Teneo stated in a notice before their talks.
“Not one of the significant friction points will probably be solved, which means U.S.-Turkey ties will remain to be fraught with problems and characterized with a frosty tone”