BRUSSELS Oct. 22 () –
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte defended Turkey’s membership in NATO on Tuesday, stating that it is an important ally that forms an integral part of the organization, despite the debates generated by its presence at the BRICS summit. in Russia and his approach to this group.
“Let us not forget that Turkey is an important ally in NATO. It is one of the best equipped armies in NATO and plays a vital role in the geography of NATO,” he said in statements from Estonia where he met with the Prime Minister, Kristen Micha.
In this sense, the former Dutch Prime Minister has recognized that although Ankara works closely with some of the BRICS members and that generates debates in NATO and outside, “it does not mean that Turkey is not popular in NATO and NATO is not be popular in Turkey.
In this way, it has emerged from the controversy over Ankara’s approach to the BRICS, a group to which it has requested to join and which would make it the only NATO ally in this bloc of which China and Russia are part. For the moment, the Turkish authorities have defended making NATO membership compatible with future entry into the BRICS.
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