Hakan Fidan: Erdogan-Trump Relationship Reduces NATO Tensions

According to The New York Times, ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, Hakan Fidan, Turkey's foreign minister, announced leveraging the close personal relations between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Donald Trump to manage divisions within the alliance. While Trump has accused NATO of "disloyalty" for not supporting America's war against Iran, Fidan emphasized that this friendship can serve the entire alliance's interests. The Turkish official, alluding to Russia's readiness for Ukraine negotiations, stressed the necessity of America's role-playing as a "pressure lever." Fidan also criticized European efforts to establish security structures independent of NATO, calling it a "structural problem" that weakens the security of the Green Continent.

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# Hakan Fidan: Erdoğan-Trump Relationship Reduces NATO Tensions