ISTANBUL: There’s important momentum in relations between the US and Turkey upon which the 2 Nato allies can capitalise, US Senator Chris Murphy mentioned on Wednesday throughout a go to to Turkey following its approval of Sweden’s Nato membership bid.
Ties between them have lengthy been strained by points starting from Turkey’s buy of Russian S-400 missile defence techniques to US assist for a Kurdish militia in Syria that Ankara regards as a terrorist group, and numerous human rights points.
“You undoubtedly really feel some actual new, purposeful, good feeling within the relationship, and we very a lot felt that in all of our conferences yesterday,” Murphy advised Reuters in an interview in Istanbul after talks within the capital Ankara with Turkish leaders.
Final week, president Tayyip Erdogan himself spoke of a constructive pattern in relations between the 2 Nato allies, with the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey going forward after it ratified Sweden’s Nato accession following 20 months of delay.
Murphy and SeNator Jeanne Shaheen met Erdogan and International Minister Hakan Fidan to precise gratitude for Turkey’s assist on the difficulty and to debate what is going to come subsequent.
“I feel this can be a second of great momentum for the US-Turkey partnership,” he mentioned, with many points on which they’ll attempt to capitalise in “a sophisticated alliance that has ups and downs.”
Murphy mentioned Russia and Ukraine topped the agenda in talks, notably the necessity to work extra carefully “to be sure that Turkey does not proceed as a spot the place Russia can get round US sanctions.”
Reuters on Monday completely reported sources as saying {that a} US menace to impose sanctions on monetary corporations doing enterprise with Russia had chilled Turkish-Russian commerce. Ankara has mentioned it takes measures to keep away from being a haven for sanctions to be circumvented.
“We heard a whole lot of assist for an elevated partnership. I feel the Sweden vote and the F-16 resolution will make it simpler for us to work extra carefully collectively on serving to to implement US sanctions,” Murphy mentioned.
He mentioned they mentioned some potential new paths ahead to formalise work on sanctions coordination.
Murphy mentioned there was additionally potential to discover a path ahead on the difficulty of Turkey’s buy of the Russian S-400 techniques, which prompted Washington to impose sanctions on Turkey’s defence trade in 2020.
The talks in Ankara handled the “very delicate matter” of Syria, amid long-running tensions over US assist for forces in a coalition in opposition to Islamic State militants that Turkey says are a part of a terrorist group. Ankara has repeatedly demanded that its ally reduce its assist and partnership with the group.
“This opening within the US-Turkey relationship offers us an opportunity to sit down down on the desk and actually actually discuss whether or not there’s a solution to work extra carefully collectively in Syria,” he mentioned.
Ties between them have lengthy been strained by points starting from Turkey’s buy of Russian S-400 missile defence techniques to US assist for a Kurdish militia in Syria that Ankara regards as a terrorist group, and numerous human rights points.
“You undoubtedly really feel some actual new, purposeful, good feeling within the relationship, and we very a lot felt that in all of our conferences yesterday,” Murphy advised Reuters in an interview in Istanbul after talks within the capital Ankara with Turkish leaders.
Final week, president Tayyip Erdogan himself spoke of a constructive pattern in relations between the 2 Nato allies, with the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey going forward after it ratified Sweden’s Nato accession following 20 months of delay.
Murphy and SeNator Jeanne Shaheen met Erdogan and International Minister Hakan Fidan to precise gratitude for Turkey’s assist on the difficulty and to debate what is going to come subsequent.
“I feel this can be a second of great momentum for the US-Turkey partnership,” he mentioned, with many points on which they’ll attempt to capitalise in “a sophisticated alliance that has ups and downs.”
Murphy mentioned Russia and Ukraine topped the agenda in talks, notably the necessity to work extra carefully “to be sure that Turkey does not proceed as a spot the place Russia can get round US sanctions.”
Reuters on Monday completely reported sources as saying {that a} US menace to impose sanctions on monetary corporations doing enterprise with Russia had chilled Turkish-Russian commerce. Ankara has mentioned it takes measures to keep away from being a haven for sanctions to be circumvented.
“We heard a whole lot of assist for an elevated partnership. I feel the Sweden vote and the F-16 resolution will make it simpler for us to work extra carefully collectively on serving to to implement US sanctions,” Murphy mentioned.
He mentioned they mentioned some potential new paths ahead to formalise work on sanctions coordination.
Murphy mentioned there was additionally potential to discover a path ahead on the difficulty of Turkey’s buy of the Russian S-400 techniques, which prompted Washington to impose sanctions on Turkey’s defence trade in 2020.
The talks in Ankara handled the “very delicate matter” of Syria, amid long-running tensions over US assist for forces in a coalition in opposition to Islamic State militants that Turkey says are a part of a terrorist group. Ankara has repeatedly demanded that its ally reduce its assist and partnership with the group.
“This opening within the US-Turkey relationship offers us an opportunity to sit down down on the desk and actually actually discuss whether or not there’s a solution to work extra carefully collectively in Syria,” he mentioned.
