Turkey Walks Tightrope Between US and Russia in Diplomacy Puzzle
- Ankara seeks closer military ties with US after NATO growth
- Erdogan still keen to maintain relations with Putin on energy
Photographer: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
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Turkey is working to improve military relations with the US even while maintaining ties with Russia, in part by starting to comply with financial sanctions against Moscow.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington on Thursday, just days after hosting Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey. He faces an increasingly difficult balancing act to maintain ties with the two opposing nations, who are at loggerheads over the invasion of Ukraine in particular.