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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited French leader Emmanuel Macron to the Turkish Union at the first meeting of the European Political Community held in Prague. Will the French leader come to Turkey? CNN Turk Paris representative Arzu Çakır Morin asked this question to Macron himself.
The first leaders meeting of the European Political Community (AST) was held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, the EU Term Presidency. France leader Emmanuel macron The President attended the summit, which was convened with the proposal of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Erdogan‘s bringing Armenia and Azerbaijan together left its mark.
President Erdoğan said to French President Emmanuel Macron in a chat he held here, “Come and let us take you to the Turkish Union, not everything is about Europe” said.
MACRON TALKED TO CNN TURK
While the moments in question were the most watched video on social media, it was a matter of curiosity whether the French leader would come to Turkey. CNN Türk’s Paris representative Arzu Çakır Morin discussed this issue with Macron in Prague.
Arzu Çakır Morin made a statement on CNN Türk’s screens, “The summits of such leaders give us the chance to talk directly with the leaders. I also had the chance to talk about it with Macron, albeit very briefly.” he said and continued his words as follows;class=”medianet-inline-adv”>
WILL MACRON COME TO TURKEY?
“Yesterday and the day before, there were 2 big summits. The files were very dense. The Turkey file was just one of them. President Erdoğan made a statement at the press conference of the French leader in response to his invitation to Macron. ‘I will come after the G20 summit’ he had made a proposal. That’s what I asked Macron about.
I said, ‘You suggested that I come after the G-20 summit, what do you think?’ Macron stated that the timing issue is very important. There is an extremely busy world agenda right now. Crises and peaks come one after another. He drew attention to this timing and ‘the only problem is timing issue’ said and added: ‘Teams are working so that a visit can be made after the G20 if we can adjust the timing’
WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN?
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When Morin asked Macron if the visit could take place before New Year’s Eve, he said that the work of the French leadership teams is continuing. “There is no reason not to” said.
Emphasizing that he had the chance to meet with French diplomats in Prague, Morin said, “Both Turkish diplomats and French diplomats told us that timing plays a decisive role. If there is no problem in the calendars of both President Erdogan and French leader Macron, such a meeting can take place before the New Year.” said.
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE ARE WARMING?
So what does this meeting mean? Are relations with France warming? Morin answered this question as follows;
“Both sides are cautious about this issue. We saw in the backstage at the summit that both sides are pleased with the warming of relations. However, a relationship of trust will be established step by step.”
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