Capital Washington will host the Democracy Summit to be held online on December 9-10, but Turkey is not included in the list of invited countries.
Answering the questions of Efi Koutsokosta from Euronews within the scope of his contacts in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reminded that Koutsokosta’s two NATO allies, Turkey and Hungary, will not attend the summit. He said it was about renewing and revitalizing the democracies under him.
Emphasizing that they are bringing countries together virtually to renew democracy within themselves and to take concrete measures to do so, Blinken said, “We are also looking at how we can further support democracies that are experiencing difficulties around the world.”
“What we are seeing right now is unfortunately a kind of democratic regression. In the last 10 years there has been a decline in democracies all over the world, including Europe. Consequently, one of the greatest challenges and conflicts of our time is between autocracies and democracies and democracies must show that they can and can produce real solutions for their people. This is the subject of this summit,” he said.
Blinken said, “Are Turkish-American relations still at an all-time low? Has anything changed?” “We have a very important relationship with Turkey. Turkey is a NATO ally. It’s also no secret that we have differences of opinion, but we are working on them. We are also working to deepen cooperation in many fields,” he replied.
Reminding that he met with Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu in the past days, Blinken said, “President Joe Biden also met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a few weeks ago. “We are determined to work through our differences and strengthen the alliance we have as NATO members,” he said.
“Do you really think Russia is the biggest threat to Europe and the West right now?” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked. He replied, “It poses a real problem with what it has done, including some of its past actions, as well as the threatening actions we’ve seen in Ukraine.”
Blinken said, “It doesn’t have to be like this and shouldn’t be like this,” reminding the US President Joe Biden’s statement to Russian President Vladimir Putin, “We welcome more stability and predictability in the relationship, but acts of aggression will backfire”, and the two countries work together in regions where their interests overlap. He also emphasized their work.
Expressing that in their meeting with Foreign Minister Lavrov, they talked about Iran and the common interests in seeing that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, Blinken also touched upon the negotiation process in Vienna and said, “We are working with European partners as well as China in these meetings.” said.
Blinken said that they are working with Russia to permanently resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Caucasus.
Thinking that the two countries should work together on issues that are in their common interests, Blinken said, “The increasing aggression against Ukraine makes it very, very difficult.”
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