President Erdoğan met with Russian President Putin as part of the BRICS Summit. Russian President Putin made statements before the meeting.
Highlights from Putin’s statement:
“I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on TAI. I offer my condolences to Turkey.
We attach great value and value to important and useful contacts. I’m sure our meeting today will be very useful and important. Our trade and economic cooperation continues to develop in recent years. We will look at this issue today. Last year, our trade volume reached 55 billion dollars. “In the first eight months of this year, our trade volume increased by 6.2% annually.”
ERDOĞAN ANNOUNCED THE PAINFUL NEWS
President Erdoğan used the following statements in his statement:
“I thank you for your condolences. I condemn this heinous terrorist attack and wish God’s mercy to our martyrs.”
ERDOĞAN: ‘NO EVIL CENTER WILL ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS’
President Erdoğan stated the following in his statement on social media:
“The terrorist attack against TAI, one of the locomotive organizations of the Turkish defense industry, is a despicable attack targeting the survival of our country, the peace of our nation and our defense breakthroughs, which are the symbol of our “Fully Independent Turkey” ideal.
From the first moment of the terrorist act, our security forces intervened quickly and neutralized the terrorists.
Our nation should know that dirty hands reaching out to Turkey will definitely be broken; No structure, no terrorist organization, no evil focus that aims at our security will be able to achieve their goals.
Our fight against all kinds of terrorist threats and their supporters will continue with determination, determination and multi-dimensionality.
I pray for God’s mercy on our brothers who were martyred in the treacherous terrorist act, and I wish a speedy recovery to our wounded.
“I convey my best wishes to the devoted employees of TAI, the source of pride of our defense industry, and to our nation.”
ERDOĞAN MEETS WITH RUTTE
On the other hand, President Erdoğan spoke on the phone with NATO Secretary General Rutte. Rutte conveyed his condolences and messages of solidarity due to the terrorist attack against TAI