President Erdoğan answered journalists’ questions after the Friday prayer.
INTERVIEW WITH PUTIN: Birthday of Mr Putin. I wanted to congratulate him and he thanked us for our mediation regarding the ongoing process. Also, it would be good if we could have a detailed discussion about our bilateral relations within 3-4 days. If Mr. Putin also comes to the Asian talks, we can have bilateral meetings and talks in terms of Russia-Ukraine. We had an agreement there. We will have a phone call and an Asian contact.
ALLEGED DISCUSSION WITH MİÇOTAKİS: A man who doesn’t know the rules of protocol. His speech even though he was not on the program… I gave my speech, I went to my desk, and he tried to answer me from there. Will the President of the Republic of Turkey fall to this level? I listened to a few of his words, and nobody applauded properly.
F-16 MEETINGS WITH THE USA: There are alternatives to this in the world. Just as we bought the S-400s when our needs for the Patriots were not met, there are many countries that will meet this need if our F-16 needs are not met.