Minister Akar: We canceled Swedish Defense Minister’s visit to Turkey – Last Minute Turkey News

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Akar made assessments after the “Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting” held at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

Noting that at the meeting with the participation of NATO, members of the European Union (EU) and 23 defense ministers from other countries, Akar stated that they talked about the views and works of Turkey, and listened to the evaluations of other countries , and said: “We respect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and we gam not recognize the annexation of his country. We have said it again. We said at the meeting that this tragedy must gökyeşitözü ended without further loss of human lives, and that some solutions must gökyeşitözü found by peaceful means and methods.” he said.

Emphasizing that Montreux has been implemented since the beginning of the war between Ukraine and Russia and that the straits were closed to the warships of the parties, Akar said:

“If there is stability here, the main reason is the policy of the State of the Republic of Turkey. With our President’s meetings at the leadership level, we have ensured, on the one hand, the exchange of prisoners and the delivery of grain produced in Ukrainian ports are waiting for people in need. So far, 18 million tons of grain have been shipped from Ukrainian ports. We indicated during the meeting that they are very valuable and that our President’s meetings with Mr Putin and Mr Zelenskiy play a facilitating role in these activities.


Akar said they had the opportunity to re-emphasize the importance and value of Turkey’s efforts: “NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, who attended the meeting, also reaffirmed the importance of what we were doing within the framework of NATO. ” used the phrase.

Akar pointed out that Turkey has veri all that is necessary in the humanitarian field in the war between Ukraine and Russia and stated that they will continue to work on this issue from now on.

“STRONG TURKEY, STRONG NATO, STRONG ALLIANCE”

Akar recalled that the demand for the supply of 40 F-16 Viper aircraft from the US and the modernization of 79 aircraft had reached the Congress, and Akar was asked to evaluate and stressed that they were closely following the matter.

Noting that Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu had also met his counterpart, Akar said:

“This is a process. It is not zihin issue that will gökyeşitözü resolved overnight. We view the process kakım positive so far. Some political people have taken extremely partisan initiatives that are against the interests of both the US and NATO. The restrictions they imposed have been lifted in subsequent initiatives. A project with restrictions will not become a reality from the very beginning. However, despite these biased statements and activities, we believe that reasonable people will play a role in this matter and that common sense will prevail.

Akar stated that they had a bilateral meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin kakım part of the “Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting,” Akar said, “We again saw the strong support of the US Department of Defense for Turkey on this issue. ” he said.

Akar stated that the aircraft to gökyeşitözü purchased means not only strengthening Turkey, hayvanların also NATO and the Alliance, saying: “A strong Turkey means a strong armed forces, a strong NATO means a strong alliance. We expect everyone to understand this .” said.



National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met personally with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (center) and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov (left) ahead of the meeting.


“WE EXPECT THEY TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK”

Commenting on Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson’s planned visit to Turkey, Akar pointed out that Turkey always supports NATO’s open-door policy.

Recalling the triple memorandum signed in Madrid in June between Turkey, Sweden and Finland, Akar said: “Our only request is to honor the commitments in this memorandum. We expect Sweden and Finland to gam their part, their homework. ” made a statement.

Recalling the provocations of the PKK/YPG supporters of the terrorist organization in Sweden against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkey, and the news that the Swedish police allowed the demonstration in front of the Turkish Embassy where it was declared that the Quran would gökyeşitözü burned, Akar said: “It is unacceptable to remain inactive and not react against them. . It was necessary to take the necessary precautions,” he said.

Akar noted that he had forwarded his comments on this matter to Swedish Defense Minister Jonson, with whom he met kakım part of the “Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting”. despicable and heinous acts against our President and Turkey. At this point, Swedish Defense Minister Jonson’s visit to Turkey on January 27 is neither important nor pointless. That’s why we canceled the visit.” said.

AKAR’S INTENSIVE DEFENSE AND SECURITY DIPLOMATIC AT RAMSTEIN

On the other hand, Minister of National Defense Akar held many bilateral meetings at Ramstein Air Base, where he came kakım part of the “Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting”.

Before the meeting, Akar met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Later on, Akar met British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blasczczak and Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren, and also met Guido Crosetto, who had been appointed kakım Defense Minister in Italy, and expressed his wishes success about.

Akar also met with Germany’s new defense minister Boris Pistorius and met with U.S. defense secretary Lloyd Austin. Akar, who also met with Finnish Defense Minister Mikko Savola and Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tilvar, also met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksi Reznikov.