President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned Thursday that the NATO summit in Ankara underscored Türkiye’s central position within the alliance and world safety, highlighting key choices to give a boost to NATO’s deterrence, enlarge protection cooperation and support transatlantic team spirit.
“The summit once again demonstrated our country’s central role in the global security architecture, its diplomatic capacity and its responsibility as an ally,” he wrote on US social media platform X.
He mentioned the alliance’s “NATO 3.0” imaginative and prescient targets to give a boost to Europe’s protection features and higher get ready NATO for evolving safety demanding situations, including that Türkiye stays “one of NATO’s strongest actors” due to its army features, strategic location, diplomatic enjoy and protection trade.
DEFENSE COOPERATION, NATO TRANSFORMATION
Erdoğan mentioned the summit opened with a Protection Trade Discussion board, the place allies mentioned joint manufacturing, strengthening provide chains, coordination in protection applied sciences and increasing cooperation amongst NATO contributors.
He mentioned leaders reaffirmed their decision to give a boost to NATO’s deterrence and protection features, support the transatlantic bond and construct the alliance’s long run at the basis of “a stronger Europe and a stronger NATO.”
The Ankara Summit Declaration reaffirmed allies’ unwavering dedication to Article 5 of the Washington Treaty and the main of collective protection, in step with Erdoğan.
The declaration additionally prioritized doing away with limitations to protection business amongst allies, greater than $50 billion in new protection procurement agreements, army apparatus, help and coaching for Ukraine, and increasing protection commercial capability, he mentioned.
Further priorities incorporated bettering NATO’s features in synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity, house, built-in air and missile protection, unmanned programs and deep precision strike applied sciences, Erdoğan added.
“As Türkiye, we will continue to make the strongest contribution to this process with our experience, military capabilities and growing defense industry infrastructure,” he mentioned.
BILATERAL DIPLOMACY ON SUMMIT SIDELINES
Erdoğan mentioned he held bilateral conferences at the sidelines of the summit with NATO Secretary Basic Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump, Canadian Top Minister Mark Carney, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, British Top Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Top Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Bulgarian Top Minister Rumen Radev, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ecu Council President Antonio Costa, Ecu Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, Montenegrin Top Minister Milojko Spajic, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini and Albanian Top Minister Edi Rama.
The conferences considering bilateral family members, Türkiye’s ties with the EU, protection trade cooperation, business, power, safety, Euro-Atlantic safety, the Balkan Peace Platform, the Russia-Ukraine battle, the Iran-US procedure, the Gaza Strip, Libya, Syria and regional balance, he mentioned.
Erdoğan additionally mentioned Türkiye and the United Kingdom signed a Safety and Protection Partnership Settlement all over the summit, whilst negotiations for a loose business settlement with Canada have been introduced.
He expressed self belief that his assembly with Trump would produce concrete leads to line with Türkiye’s expectancies within the protection sector, in particular referring to fighter jets.
“I believe that the constructive and productive meeting we held with my dear friend US President Mr. Trump, who paid an official visit to our country on the occasion of the summit, will lead to concrete results in line with our country’s expectations, particularly regarding our national combat aircraft KAAN and the F-35 program,” mentioned Erdoğan.
TÜRKİYE’S DEFENSE COMMITMENTS
Erdoğan mentioned Türkiye reaffirmed its dedication to extend protection spending to three.5% of gross home product ahead of 2030, whilst security- and resilience-related expenditures have already reached 1.5% of the finances.
He introduced that Türkiye allotted an extra $24 billion to give a boost to its air and missile protection features below the Metal Dome Undertaking.
The president mentioned Türkiye stays dedicated to maintaining diplomatic channels open to advertise peace within the Russia-Ukraine battle whilst advocating restraint, international relations and a long-lasting peace procedure within the Iran-US talks.
He added that Ankara will proceed supporting ceasefires, balance and multilateral cooperation on Gaza, Lebanon and Libya.
“The intensive two-day Ankara Summit demonstrated that Türkiye is a central actor shaping NATO’s security agenda, keeping dialogue channels open during crises, preserving a regional peace perspective and making tangible contributions to the alliance’s transformation through its defense industry capacity,” mentioned Erdoğan.
“Türkiye will continue to strengthen cooperation with its allies and contribute to global peace and security with determination,” he added.
SUMMIT CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY
Erdoğan mentioned the thirty sixth NATO Summit of Heads of State and Govt concluded effectively, thanking members, organizers and the folk of Ankara for serving to be sure that the development’s good fortune.
He mentioned the summit, held on the Presidential Advanced, introduced in combination the heads of state and govt of NATO’s 32 member international locations, just about 100 ministers, senior diplomats, representatives of global organizations and different visitors.
Government maintained “a delicate balance” between making sure the perfect stage of safety and protective electorate’ rights and freedoms all the way through the summit, in step with Erdoğan.
Safety, transportation, coordination and public order measures have been in moderation deliberate to safeguard leaders, deal with day by day lifestyles within the town and make sure the global neighborhood won correct knowledge whilst minimizing disruptions to citizens, he mentioned.
MEDIA OPERATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Presidential Nationwide Library served because the global media heart, offering workspace for 1,800 folks, 40 modifying rooms and a lot of reside broadcast places, Erdoğan mentioned.
Greater than 2,500 reporters coated the summit, marking document media participation, whilst public broadcaster TRT coordinated international announces the usage of 96 cameras, 18 outdoor broadcasting automobiles and reside transmissions from 26 places, he added.
The summit additionally made “a significant contribution” to selling Ankara across the world, he mentioned.
“I extend my heartfelt thanks to my fellow citizens of Ankara for the tolerance and unique hospitality they demonstrated throughout the summit, which also made a significant contribution to promoting our capital,” he mentioned.
He additionally thanked legislation enforcement staff, media staff, technical groups, well being care personnel, transportation staff, protocol officers and catering products and services for contributing to the development.
“On behalf of myself and my nation, I express my gratitude to all my brothers and sisters who worked selflessly to ensure the summit was held smoothly,” mentioned Erdoğan.
The president additionally thanked Rutte for “his cooperation-oriented approach and efforts in the preparation and organization of the NATO Ankara summit.”
