The United States trusts that the winner of the elections in Turkey will keep the commitments with NATO

May 18. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The US National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, has expressed confidence that the winner of the second round of the Turkish elections will continue to fulfill the country’s international commitments, especially with regard to NATO.

“What we want to see is a robust democracy in Turkey,” Sullivan said during a press conference on Wednesday. In addition, she added that Washington will continue to work with Ankara on “a wide number of things, be it Ukraine, regional issues in the Middle East or Turkey’s role in NATO.”

These statements come days after the current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan – who was the candidate with the most votes in the first round of the elections with 49.51 percent of the votes – indirectly accused the United States of having interfered In the elections.

Washington, for its part, flatly denied these statements, calling them “absolutely false” and assuring that it was following the results of the elections “closely”, but that “the United States does not take sides in elections, our interests are and will continue to be the processes democratic”.

Opposition leader Kemal Kiliçdaroglu — with 44.89 percent of the vote in the first round — aims to remove the president from power thanks to multi-party support and growing discontent over increased social repression and the economic crisis. , deepened by high inflation. In addition, the February earthquakes, which left more than 50,000 dead, have damaged Erdogan’s image.