Challenges of Putin’s trip to Türkiye; America’s cautious welcome and the trouble of the S-400
| Turkish media talk about the creation of a suitable basis for a new agreement regarding the export of grain, but behind the scenes, there is an important negotiation about political and defense issues. |
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit Turkey on February 12, and this visit is a sign It is another continuation of the growing relationship between Ankara and Moscow, which has been repeatedly criticized by NATO and Europe. However, the Turkish media are optimistic about this trip and talk about the creation of a suitable ground for a new agreement regarding the export of grain, but behind the scenes, there is an important negotiation about political and defense issues.
Kremlin Palace announced the completion of the details of Putin’s visit to Turkey and Yury Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy adviser, has announced that Putin is willing to consult with Erdogan on grain and security of the Black Sea. And also regional issues including Ukraine will be discussed. Erdogan’s team is also looking to propose a new mechanism for the export of grain from the Black Sea crossing to Turkey, but the fact is that the grain issue is not very important compared to Putin’s other challenges in Ankara. /p>
US and UN positions on Putin’s visit to Turkey
In recent days, we have seen numerous diplomatic contacts between the officials of Ankara and Washington. First, Hakan Fidan traveled to New York and Washington, and then US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland traveled to Turkey.
Noland openly said in an interview with CNN Turk If Erdoğan’s team refrains from using the Russian S-400 missile system, America may once again include Turkey’s name in the list of parts producers and buyers of the F-35 fighter.
The American Embassy in Ankara is constantly monitoring the latest situation regarding the growing and developing relations between Turkey and Russia, and it is not unlikely that part of the decision of the US Congress on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to the Turkish Air Force, with the assessment The final relations between Turkey and Russia should be communicated. .com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/11/17/1402111709082933229331104.jpg”/>
Vedant In response to a question about Vladimir Putin’s visit to Turkey, Patel, the deputy spokesperson of the US State Department, said at the daily press conference: “If any country can play a meaningful role in preventing some malicious behavior of Russia, we will definitely welcome it.” . Further, Patel did not show a desire to comment on the interactions related to Turkey’s foreign policy and preferred to mention only “the role and impact of Turkey on the success of the plan to export grains from the Black Sea”.
Meanwhile, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman of the United Nations, announced that the transfer of grains from the Black Sea and Turkey to the world markets is an important issue and the UN Secretary General’s team will closely follow the results of the Erdogan-Putin meeting.
Turkey’s decision on the “mysterious laundry”
Many Turkish political analysts believe that the purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia was one of Erdoğan’s strategic mistakes and that this action has caused irreparable damage to the relations between Turkey and the West. 400 was out of necessity. Second, buying weapons from different countries is an attempt to maintain Turkey’s strategic independence.
Have you bought 3 billion dollars of rockets and it remains unused? Turkish Defense Minister General Yashar Güler, who was obviously nervous and agitated by the questions of the representatives, gave the following answer: “If you think that the S-400 missile system is a kind of laundry that we have to use every day, you are very wrong. . We have bought this weapon and we will use it whenever necessary.” have announced that Erdoğan’s team did not leave the side of caution on this important issue and by following the tactics of the Greek authorities, they made the people sleep for the time being. Previously, the Greek government also bought the S-300 system from Russia, but when the voice of NATO was heard, the government of Athens announced that these missiles had been transferred to an underground storage, and its presence and absence are due to Alsoyeh.
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Many Turkish political analysts, in response to the question “why the S-400 system is important”, give the following answer: this is the issue that drove Turkey away from the United States and the arms embargo and expulsion from the F-35 fighter buyer group. followed Now that Joe Biden’s team has asked Congress to authorize the sale of F-16 to Ankara, the issue of Turkey-Russia relations is still important, and if members of Congress are concerned about the level and depth of Ankara-Moscow relations, it is unlikely that they will prevent the sale of F-16s. 16.
In addition to the issue of whether or not Erdogan will comply with America’s request in In the case of the Russian system, he has other challenges in his meeting with Putin.
including:
1. The establishment of the largest natural gas storage center in Turkey by Russia in order to facilitate exports to Europe is still in the aura of uncertainty.
2. Turkey is forced to impose Western financial sanctions against Russia due to the unprecedented rigor and investigation of the inspectors of the US Treasury Department. accept, but Russia has certain expectations from Turkey in this case.
3. Erdogan It has played a dual role in the Russia-Ukraine war. On the one hand, he stayed by Putin’s side, and on the other hand, he sold drones to Zelensky. As a result, Putin has still not paid attention to Erdogan’s proposals regarding peace negotiations.
4 Turkey and Russia have different and conflicting views on the fate of Syria, the government of Bashar al-Assad, the situation in northern Syria and the issue of Idlib, and it is still unclear how Putin will view Turkey’s contribution to the future developments if the United States completely withdraws from Russia. will have.
5. Completion of the remaining phase of Turkey’s Akkovi nuclear power plant by Russian engineers , it is progressing slowly and procrastinating, and it is not clear why Moscow has not paid much attention to Ankara’s demands in this matter.
6. Turkey and Russia have serious differences of opinion on two other important issues, namely the fate of Crimea and the developments in Libya, but apparently the discussion on these two issues is not on the agenda for now. /span>
7. Turkey regarding the developments in the South Caucasus and Zange Zor, It has ambitious expectations and it remains to be seen what will be Putin’s attitude towards Turkey’s role in view of Armenia’s new security decision regarding Russia.
In the end, it should be said that during the tenure of Erdogan and Putin, Ankara-Moscow relations have experienced tremendous changes that have never been seen in the hundred-year history of the Republic of Turkey. It remains to be seen in what direction this relationship will go in the future.
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