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Biden congratulates Erdogan for dizzying U-turn regarding Sweden’s accession to Nato
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US President Joe Biden congratulated his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the agreement he reached with Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to send Sweden’s Nato accession protocol to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, the White House said
on July 11.
The statement was made in the readout of the meeting held between Biden and Erdogan in Lithuanian capital Vilnius on the sidelines of the Nato summit.
The statement from the Turkish presidency was incomparably more colourful, as usual. It included many photos and videos that showed how cool both world leaders were when it came to their close relationship based on admiration.
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Erdogan is again returning back home from a Nato summit with many photos
in his album. He marshalled all his counterparts ranging from the UK’s PM Rishi Sunak to old pal Emmanuel Macron.
US President Biden, for his part, described the Nato Summit as “historic,” and expressed his pleasure over the agreement reached about Sweden’s Nato membership bid, the statement from Turkish presidency on the Erdogan- Biden meeting reads: "Thanking President Erdogan for the diplomacy
he carried out and the leadership he displayed on the Sweden issue."
President Biden has also said, according to the Turkish presidency’s statement, “This summit is reaffirming our commitment to Nato defence with close allies in Nato, and I hope we can make it even stronger.”
In response to President Erdogan’s wishes of good luck in the US presidential elections, President Biden has stated: “And we look forward to meeting with you the next five years.”
“Erdogan loves to test the margins of the playing field. He’s had a fine old time creating noise for public relations purposes over the Finnish and Swedish bids to join Nato”