BRUSSELS – Erdogan Demands More From NATO & EU. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded more support Monday from his NATO and European Union allies, despite anger over his bid to pressure them by triggering a new migrant crisis.
According to details, Erdogan said this alongside NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg. “NATO is in a critical process in which it needs to clearly show its alliance solidarity. Our allies should display their solidarity with our country without discrimination and without laying down political conditions.”
Erdogan wants Turkey’s western partners to do more to help support his country in the conflict in Syria. This also includes help to cope with millions of refugees from the fighting. Erdogan was due to hold talks with EU leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen. They have backed Greece as Europe’s “shield” against migrants encouraged to leave Turkey.
They have urged the Turkish leader to halt refugee and migrant departures. Including negotiating a new deal under which EU members would do more to help on the Syrian border. In their meeting with Erdogan, they will discuss EU-Turkey matters. This includes migration, security, stability in the region and the crisis in Syria. Erdogan Demands More From NATO & EU.
In 2016, Turkey and the EU agreed a deal whereby Brussels would provide billions of euros in aid in exchange for Turkish authorities curbing the flow of migrants. But Ankara has repeatedly accused the bloc of not fulfilling promises made as Europe suffered its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.