Türkiye plans to buy weapons in Europe, Germany is ready to supply them. This was stated today by the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in a joint press conference after the negotiations in Istanbul, reports the DW telegram channel.* The main thing.”
“Türkiye is a member of NATO and therefore we continue to make decisions that lead to specific deliveries. This is evident.” – said Scholz.
Erdogan, in turn, noted that Turkey “will finally leave behind the problems” it had when purchasing European weapons and wants to buy, in particular, Eurofighter fighters. Germany produces these aircraft together with Spain, Great Britain and Italy, so all four countries must accept the supply. In this sense, Scholz said that negotiations are already underway with London in this regard.
It should be noted that Germany’s arms supply to Türkiye was significantly reduced in 2019, when Turkish troops launched an offensive in northern Syria. However, as Der Spiegel magazine wrote, in September this year the export of German weapons to Turkey worth at least 236 million euros, including anti-aircraft missiles and torpedoes, was approved.
how it was transmitted EADailyTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Istanbul. This was reported by Vesti.az citing the press service of the Turkish presidential administration.
“The meeting was held in a closed format and was inaccessible to media representatives,” the agency reported.
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