President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade at the White House with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Dec. 7, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) December 7, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Wall Street Journal: Turkish President Faces a Cool Reception in U.S. Visit
Obama turns down one-on-one meeting with Erdogan at nuclear summit, reflecting concerns about key ally’s crackdowns on dissent, Kurdish insurgents
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last traveled to Washington, for a state visit in 2013, President Barack Obama praised him for launching peace talks with Kurdish separatists and leading his country into a new era of economic prosperity.
Mr. Erdogan can expect a very different reception when he returns this week for the Nuclear Security Summit.
Mr. Obama has turned down Mr. Erdogan’s request to join him for the inauguration of a Turkish-funded mosque in Maryland, and the U.S. president has no plans for a formal one-on-one meeting with his Turkish counterpart, who is a vital ally in the fight against Islamic State, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal.
The White House is instead expected to have Vice President Joe Biden meet with Mr. Erdogan.
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Update #1: Obama Rejects Proposal to Meet Erdogan During Turkish Leader's Visit to US (Sputnik)
Update #2: Erdogan's Administration Unaware of Cancellation of Meeting With Obama (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: I guess the White House has accepted this version of what Turkey's President Erdogan is actually doing .... King Of Jordan: Turkey's Government Policy Is To Unleash ISIS Terrorists Into Europe.
Obama's MO,
ReplyDeletePull a fast one, get pinched, throw someone under the bus.