{"id":3301,"date":"2024-10-23T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T00:59:47","slug":"nato-reacts-to-turkiyes-desire-to-join-brics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/nato-reacts-to-turkiyes-desire-to-join-brics\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO reacts to T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s desire to join BRICS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ankara\u2019s cooperation with the economic group does not contradict its membership in the US-led military bloc, Mark Rutte has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye has the right to cooperate with the BRICS economic group without undermining its status as a NATO member, the secretary-general of the US-led military bloc, Mark Rutte, has said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NATO chief made the remarks at a press conference in Estonia on Tuesday. Asked by the Estonian Public Broadcaster whether Ankara\u2019s desire to become a member of BRICS, which the outlet described as a \u201cRussia-dominated organization,\u201d<\/em> should be a cause for concern,\u00a0Rutte stressed that T\u00fcrkiye remains \u201ca very important ally in the alliance\u201d<\/em> as it is \u201cone of the best equipped military forces in NATO.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The country plays a \u201cvital role in its part of the NATO geography,\u201d <\/em>he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously within the alliance, being a democracy, 32 countries, there will always be debates on this and that,\u201d<\/em> the secretary-general admitted. However, he insisted that Ankara has \u201cthe sovereign right\u201d<\/em> to work towards a BRICS membership and cooperate with its members.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat might lead to debates now and then, bilaterally or within NATO. But that doesn\u2019t mean that T\u00fcrkiye is not [popular],\u201d<\/em> Rutte said. \u201cNATO is very popular in T\u00fcrkiye, and T\u00fcrkiye is very popular in NATO,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he added, noting that he is convinced that this will remain the case.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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NATO state\u2019s president arrives at BRICS Summit<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently taking part in the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, where he is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties, the Ukraine crisis, and the situation in the Middle East.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, Ankara also announced that it had formally submitted an application to become a full-fledged BRICS member, making it the first NATO state to seek membership in the group.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s application has sparked concerns in Brussels. EU spokesman Peter Stano has stressed that Ankara, which has been an EU candidate country since 1999, must respect EU values and foreign policy preferences despite having the right to choose which international organizations to join.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previously, Turkish officials told the Middle East Eye that while BRICS was not seen by Ankara as an alternative to NATO or the EU, \u201cthe stalled accession process to the European Union\u201d<\/em> had encouraged it to explore \u201cother economic platforms.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ankara\u2019s cooperation with the economic group does not contradict its membership in the US-led military bloc, Mark Rutte has said T\u00fcrkiye has the right to cooperate with the BRICS economic group without undermining its status as a NATO member, the secretary-general of the US-led military bloc, Mark Rutte, has said.\u00a0\u00a0 The NATO chief made the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3301\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}