...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
for acquiring a Russian missile defence system.
Washington this month punished Turkey for buying Russia's S-400 air defence system, imposing rare sanctions against a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants...
ally.
"ally"
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the time told
On Tuesday, Cavusoglu visited Moscow for talks with his Russia's top diplomat Lavrov, who told news hounds that, "we have confirmed our mutual intention to develop military ties with Turkey".
He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
appreciated Turkey's determination to "continue cooperation in this area despite continuing illegitimate pressure from Washington."
Cavusoglu said the US sanctions against Turkey were "an act of aggression against our country's sovereign rights," adding that Ankara would not give in to pressure.
"We prefer to solve all issues including that of the S-400 through negotiations," Cavusoglu said in comments translated into Russian.
"After introducing the sanctions the US announced it favours dialogue. We've never been against dialogue," the
Turkey last year took delivery of the $2.5 billion system, defying warnings that such military cooperation was incompatible with NATO and would let Russia improve its targeting of US stealth planes.
Although Russia and Turkey are rivals in several conflicts including Libya and Syria, Putin and his
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...seek to maintain good relations.
The two countries are jointly monitoring a Russian-mediated truce over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after a six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan that claimed more than 6,000 lives.
Tensions between the two nations had risen over Nagorno-Karabakh while the fighting was ongoing, with Russia accusing Turkey of deploying Syrian fighters to combat Armenian forces in the contested region.
Earlier this month