Completing the 3-day Balkan tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia President Tayyip Erdoğan will attend two summits in a row. Its first stop this week will be the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State Summit, which will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15-16.
PUTINFACE TO FACE
15 heads of state, including Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, India and Uzbekistan, as well as the observer members of the organization, the presidents of Belarus, Mongolia and Iran, as well as the leaders of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia, will attend the summit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Putin. . Erdogan, who will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders, will have the most important contact with Russian leader Putin within the scope of the summit.
The main agenda item in this face-to-face meeting will be the operation of the grain corridor. After Putin’s statement that “grains unfortunately go to rich countries”, Erdogan will ask for Russian products to be sent from the corridor by ships, again under the coordination of Turkey.
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The most critical topic of the Erdogan-Putin meeting will be the Russia-Ukraine war. Erdogan will convey to his Russian counterpart that Turkey will continue to do its best to end the war and achieve a permanent ceasefire as part of mediation attempts. He will repeat to Putin the proposal to bring the leaders together in Turkey. President Erdoganwill emphasize the diplomatic solution. During the meeting of the two leaders, a possible military operation against Syria is also expected to be on the agenda.
THREE TITLES IN THE USA
‘ President Erdogan’s next stop after Samarkand will be the USA. new YorkErdogan’s US program, which will attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations, will cover September 17-22. Erdogan, who is expected to address the General Assembly on September 20; It will give messages to the world on critical topics from the Russia-Ukraine war to grain shipments, from the fight against terrorism to the tension with Greece.
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Within the scope of the meeting, Erdoğan had a bilateral meeting with many heads of state and government. meeting expected to do. Erdogan during meetings UN In addition to the reform proposal, it is expected to give messages on the Russia-Ukraine War, the grain corridor, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria. As part of Erdogan’s UN contacts, US President Joe Biden Meeting with him is also on the agenda.
HARASSMENTS IN THE AEGEAN
The most important topics on the table in the US contacts will be the F-16 issue, Washington’s support for terrorist organizations in Syria, the joint exercise with the SDF and Greece’s harassment in the Aegean. Erdogan will demand that Turkey’s demands be met regarding the F-16 issue and that the support given to terrorist organizations, including in Syria, be terminated. Erdogan is also scheduled to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, which will be held on 19 September.
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