Ahead of expected G20 sideline meeting with US President Trump, Turkish President Erdogan says ties between Ankara and Washington are based on “strategic partnership”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emine Erdogan arrive at Kansai airport in Izumisano city, Osaka in Japan ahead of the 2019 G20 summit. June 27, 2019.
Erdogan was speaking on Wednesday in Ankara before taking off for the G20 summit which kicks off on Friday in Osaka, Japan. The president landed in Japan on Thursday where he received an honorary doctorate from Mukogawa Women's University. Erdogan will also pay an official visit to China following the summit, according to Turkish Presidency Communications Director Fahrettin Altun.US officials have urged Turkey to buy US Patriot missiles, arguing the Russian S-400 missile defence systems would be incompatible with NATO systems and expose the F-35s to possible Russian subterfuge.
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