Turkish international minister met together with his Spanish counterpart – Turkey's European perspective is not going to develop into a pawn within the evil political agenda of some EU international locations, Fidan mentioned
Turkish International Minister Hakan Fidan met in Ankara together with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albarez.
In a joint interview given by the 2 ministers after their assembly on the Ministry of International Affairs, Hakan Fidan talked about that Spain was among the many international locations that sincerely supported the method of Turkey's accession to the European Union from the start and expressed as soon as once more that the EU membership remains to be a strategic purpose for Turkey. “I reiterated that Turkey's EU accession course of is simply too necessary to provide option to the evil political agenda of some international locations,” he mentioned.
Hakan Fidan identified that the European Union, as a collective political entity of European international locations, expresses its personal positions, nevertheless, Turkey develops relations individually, one after the other, with European international locations and maintains a special institutional relationship with the European Union. The relations that Turkey develops straight with many European international locations will be simpler, the Turkish minister mentioned, whereas quite the opposite when creating relations with the EU, there are selections that have to be made unanimously inside the Union. He argued that this example can usually work towards Ankara.
He additionally recalled that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated after his re-election in 2023 that Ankara's perspective on EU membership has not modified and that Turkey's strategic intentions and imaginative and prescient stay the identical.
The Turkish minister reminded that there’s an open EU accession course of and confused that political will have to be demonstrated earlier than that. As he mentioned, the important thing international locations of the EU are these from which Turkey expects a declaration of will on this matter, and he famous that these international locations ought to make such a declaration.
The Spanish minister responded that his nation has been in favor of the event and strengthening of Brussels' dialogue with Turkey and identified that the EU international locations ought to work on this subject. He emphasised that Spain's need is to not cease this dynamic and requested Turkey to proceed to think about its “future in Europe”.
Cooperation for plane carriers
Hakan Fidan additionally talked about that Spain is considered one of Turkey's greatest buying and selling companions within the EU and that the goal for annual commerce quantity with Spain is 20 billion {dollars} and plainly this goal was nearly reached final yr because it exceeded 19 billion {dollars}. Greater than 700 firms based mostly in Spain have a presence in Turkey.
The Turkish minister notably emphasised that “we wish to promote our cooperation within the protection business with particular tasks”. Spain cooperates on this area with Turkey and has contributed to the development of the Turkish mini-aircraft service/amphibious operations ship “Anadolu”, whereas President Erdogan has introduced that his nation intends to construct a bigger plane service and for this function is in negotiations with the Spain. In spite of everything, “Spain has deployed Patriot arrays (together with the anti-aircraft system) in Adana since 2015”.
Concerning the battle in Gaza, Hakan Fidan said that Turkey continues to press in all fora, unilaterally or collectively, for measures that may be taken to place strain on Israel. He additionally said that he helps Spain within the initiatives it has undertaken on this matter and famous that the group of a peace convention, the popularity of the Palestinian state and the implementation of safety ensures are crucial various proposals within the course of the answer, stressing that Turkey has additionally submit proposals.
The Minister of International Affairs of Spain, Jose Manuel Albarez, responded for his half that Spain has a proposal to prepare a peace convention on the Palestinian subject. “On the peace convention we are able to all come collectively, acknowledge the Palestinian state and Israel give us the safety assure,” he mentioned.
Albares recalled that Spain “condemns the assaults” of Hamas and emphasised that many Palestinians have misplaced their lives resulting from bombs and starvation. “We don’t wish to witness this degree of violence,” he famous, including that the “diffusion of the battle in Lebanon” additionally frightened his nation.
Lastly, Hakan Fidan famous that Turkey and Spain are two necessary international locations of the Mediterranean basin, including that the area faces challenges similar to conflicts, terrorism, local weather change and irregular migration. “Turkey and Spain, positioned on the jap and western ends of the Mediterranean, are experiencing these crises first hand. As two international locations which were preventing terrorism for years, we connect nice significance to bettering our safety cooperation,” he mentioned. He additionally assessed that Turkey and Spain's potential for what they will do collectively, particularly for regional and international safety, has not been absolutely mentioned and said that this dialogue ought to start.
He identified that the occasions within the area lately have delivered to the fore the safety perspective of the relations between Turkey, the EU and NATO, noting that there are very severe points that must be mentioned between Turkey and the European Union, each on the bilateral degree in addition to within the context of NATO.
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