Having alienated the US, Turkish president receives platitudes over Syria and gas from Putin
After the fanfare, the anticlimax. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan quietly skipped town after his summit meeting with Vladimir Putin last week. There was not even an official statement about their discussions in Sochi.
He simultaneously talked up the close bond between Ankara and Moscow. If he and Putin didn’t always see eye-to-eye on some things — such as Turkey’s encroachment into the Russian sphere of influence in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, and Russia’s interference with Turkish interests in Syria and Libya — the two men would sort their differences out in Sochi. “We will of course reach an important decision in Turkey-Russia relations,” Erdogan said.
On the flight back home, Erdogan told reporters he was keen to buy more Russian military hardware, including ships, warplanes and submarines, as well as two nuclear power plants. He also reiterated his commitment to acquiring a second S-400 missile defence system, which will only further alienate other Nato allies and invite fresh American sanctions.
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