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Türkiye-US ties enter new era after Trump meeting: Erdoğan

Relations between Türkiye and the United States are entering a new era after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in The Hague, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, expressing his hope to see advance in technical talks for the former’s return to the F-35 joint fighter jet program.

Erdoğan spoke to the journalists traveling with him to the Netherlands where he attended a NATO leaders summit on June 24 and 25. On the sidelines of the summit, Erdoğan held his first face-to-face meeting with Trump since the U.S. president was inaugurated on Jan. 20.

“We had a fruitful meeting with my friend Trump. We have discussed a wide range of with him from bilateral ties to NATO partnership from regional to global developments,” Erdoğan said.

“With my friend Trump, we are slightly opening the door of a new era in the Turkish-American relations,” the president noted, informing that the U.S. president returns to his phone calls less than 24 hours.

Türkiye and the U.S. have a joint objective to increase the volume of the bilateral trade to $100 billion, Erdoğan said, expressing both sides’ willingness to accomplish this target. On the bilateral front, an issue Türkiye has long been asking the U.S. to lift the sanctions stemming from its deployment of the Russian S-400 air defense systems and return to the F-35 program.

“We have not given up on the F-35s either. We are currently in discussions with our counterparts regarding our desire to re-join the project,” Erdoğan said, stressing that he discussed the matter with Trump. “Meetings at the technical level have begun. We hope we’ll make progress.”

Erdoğan raised the situation in Gaza

Regional conflicts and efforts to deescalate them for reaching a permanent peace in Gaza and Ukraine were also on the agenda, Erdoğan said.

“Citing his efforts for reaching ceasefire between Israel and Iran, I have expressed our expectation from him to show the same effort in ending the conflicts in Gaza and in the Russian-Ukrainian war. I have emphasized the importance of giving an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” he noted.

“This atrocity may no longer endure. Nobody will feel safe until the bloodshed in Gaza stops,” Erdoğan underlined, informing that Trump approached positively to Türkiye’s proposal for resolving the problem between Palestine and Israel.

“We may reach to a fair and lasting solution if we embrace a perspective for resolving the matter. Let’s just keep dialogue channels open. Our region can no longer tolerate new tensions and conflicts,” he said.

Erdoğan conveys messages on Syria

In the regional context, the two men did also raise the developments in Syria after Trump lifted sanctions on this country.

“We are conveying our sensitivities on Syria, especially on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to the American at every level. The Turkish-American ties have always had strategic importance despite conjunctural differences. Constructive contacts with Mr. Trump have helped to create bridges of understanding on some difficult issues,” Erdoğan told journalists.

The protection of territorial integrity and political unity of Syria is of utmost importance to Türkiye, Erdoğan said, recalling an agreement between the SDF and Damascus for the former’s integration with the national army.

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