NATO leaders only talk about fighting terrorism; they do not act, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday. Speaking to reporters in
NATO leaders only talk about fighting terrorism; they do not act, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday.
Speaking to reporters in the UK, Erdoğan urged fellow NATO allies to take Turkey’s security concerns “seriously” just as Turkey takes threats to the alliance seriously.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Turkey had dropped its block on a plan to bolster the defenses of Baltic states and Poland against Russia.
Ahead of the summit, Ankara had refused to back the NATO defence plan for the Baltics and Poland until it received more support for its battle with the YPG, including other alliance members recognising it as a terrorist group.