President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meets with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G-20 leaders summit, Rome, Italy, Oct. 31, 2021. (AP Photo)
Zero Hedge: Biden-Erdogan Meeting On The Table As Turkey Vows 'Won't Back Down' At NATO Summit
The 2022 NATO summit in Madrid, Spain is set to kick off Tuesday and run through Thursday of this week; however, US officials say they don't expected Turkey's concerns over Sweden and Finland's membership bids to be allayed.
One European diplomatic official told CNN that there's hope of "last moment" Turkish concessions: "My best projection based on what I've seen is that they will run this to the wire at Madrid. They also always prefer if they're going to make concessions to do it at the leader level, they believe that enhances that status," the unnamed official said. "It is Turkey's standard operating procedure not to give concessions till the last possible moment. And that last possible moment is usually defined as a bilateral with the US president, followed by a leaders meeting."
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Update #1: Erdoğan, Biden may meet at NATO summit to discuss Turkey's concerns (Daily Sabah)
Update #2: NATO summit will test Biden's resolve to defeat Putin and pressure Erdogan (FOX News)
WNU Editor: Erdogan and Biden will only meet if an agreement is reached on Turkey lifting it's hold on Sweden and Finland from joining NATO.
My prediction.
They will meet for a few minutes, but the issue of Sweden and Finland joining NATO will not be resolved.
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