Turkey is 'credible and important ally,' says NATO official

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TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden (R) speaks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to a plenary session of a NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021. - The allies will agree a statement stressing common ground on securing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, joint responses to cyber attacks and relations with a rising China. (Photo by Olivier Matthys / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER MATTHYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
A NATO official has confirmed Turkey's role as a "credible and important" ally, dispelling rumours of Ankara's expulsion from the alliance. According to the London-based news outlet, Middle East Eye, a European NATO official told it on the condition of anonymity that "Turkey is showing itself to be a credible and important ally" during the ongoing Ukraine crisis. As tensions continue to mount in Ukraine between NATO and Russia, Turkey has maintained its largely neutral and mediatory stance, despite having supplied Kyiv with armed combat drones and warning Moscow against conducting an invasion of the country. Earlier this month, reports emerged that the Turkish government's offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine was being considered by the two adversaries. The […]

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