President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in Madrid. President Erdoğan and the participating leaders were welcomed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez prior to the summit. Following the welcoming ceremony, President Erdoğan posed for a family photo with heads of state and government of NATO countries before proceeding to the summit. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/138555/president-erdogan-attends-nato-summit-
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Madrid for the Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government, met with President Emmanuel Macron of France. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/138549/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-macron-of-france
The Directorate of Communications organised a panel titled "NATO from Regional to Global: Dialogue, Enlargement and Unity" in Madrid, the capital of Spain, the host country of the 32nd NATO Summit. "NATO should not set a date for Finland and Sweden in its expansion vision. This process should be allowed to unfold naturally. The concerns of Türkiye should be viewed as an opportunity to bring up issues NATO has shelved," said Carlo Marsili, former Ambassador of Italy to Ankara, at a two-part panel organised by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications at the Ritz Hotel. Asking, "How...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Madrid on the occasion of the NATO Summit, held a quadrilateral meeting with President Sauli Niinistö of Finland, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/138544/president-erdogan-holds-quadrilateral-meeting-with-finnish-president-swedish-prime-minister-and-nato-secretary-general
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived in Madrid to attend the NATO Summit. First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar are accompanying President Erdoğan. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/138540/president-erdogan-in-spain
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "As the NATO member that has suffered the greatest number of terrorist attacks, we expect the Alliance and our allies to show the necessary sensitivity in the fight against terrorism." Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun sent a video message to the panel titled “NATO from Regional to Global: Dialogue, Enlargement and Unity" organized in Madrid ahead of the NATO Summit by the Directorate of Communications. Expressing his pleasure to organize this event on the sidelines of the historic NATO Summit hosted by their friend and ally, Spain, where the Alliance's 2030 strategic concept...
“If Sweden and Finland are to become NATO members, they have to respect Türkiye’s security concerns”
Delivering remarks to reporters prior to his visit to Spain for NATO Summit, President Erdoğan said: “If Sweden and Finland are to become NATO members, they have to respect the security concerns of Türkiye, which has been a member of the Alliance for 70 years. The opposite is unthinkable.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered remarks to reporters at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara prior to his visit to Spain for the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit. QUARTET SUMMIT ON NATO MEMBERSHIP OF FINLAND, SWEDEN Stating that Sweden and Finland’s application for NATO membership would be...
The call addressed regional matters and the issues concerning the Türkiye-U.S. relations. The two leaders exchanged views on the agenda of the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit to be held in Madrid.
Addressing citizens following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: “We never have and never will refrain from taking all the necessary steps to defend our rights in the Mediterranean and Aegean. We continue our activities across a vast geography in order both to defend our country’s rights and to support our friends and brothers. The Exercise EFES-2022 was finalized successfully as an example representing the military dimension of this picture.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting at the Presidential Complex. “EXERCISE EFES-2022 WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED” Drawing attention to the Exercise...