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The Grand Turk
Turkey 'ready to talk about everything' with US to solve disputes
2018-08-17
[Al Jazeera] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
has said it is willing to speak with the US to resolve an ongoing dispute between the two NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
allies, as the White House appeared to ratchet up pressure on Ankara.

Speaking to a group of foreign ambassadors in Ankara on Wednesday evening, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared to extend an olive branch to US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's administration.

"Despite everything, we are ready to talk about everything to solve the existing problems as equal partners," he said. "I speak openly but only on one condition - no threatening, no dictating."

Cavusoglu also called on the US to "take into account our frustrations" with American policies.

His conciliatory remarks came as Washington said that tariffs on Ottoman Turkish steel and aluminium were unrelated to the case of Andrew Brunson, a Christian evangelical pastor held in Turkey on terrorism charges, and would remain even if he were to be released.

"The tariffs that are in place still would not be removed with the release of Pastor Brunson," White House press secretary Sara Huckabee Sanders said.

"The tariffs are specific to national security," she said, without specifying the nature of the national security concerns.

Posted by:Fred

#2  Turkish court rejects American pastor’s appeal for release

Play hardball with this tinpot Caliphate. crush them. We are not "equal partners"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-08-17 15:56  

#1  No 'dispute', just commerce.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-08-17 09:24  

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