Trump presence at NATO summit ‘significant’ for alliance’s stability: Erdogan

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Trump presence at NATO summit ‘significant’ for alliance’s stability: Erdogan

US President Donald Trump’s presence at the NATO summit in Ankara next month will be an important moment for the stability of the military alliance, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.“The announcement that US President Trump will attend the summit in person is a significant step in terms of the alliance’s stability,” the Turkish leader told lawmakers from his ruling AKP party.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Trump would attend the July 7-8 summit in the Turkish capital, as concerns linger about Washington’s commitment to the transatlantic alliance.“We’re still in NATO, but NATO needs significant changes,” Rubio told US lawmakers, describing the summit of the 32 member states as “probably the most important meeting in NATO’s history.”Erdogan said Turkey had intensified its preparations “to ensure the Ankara summit becomes a landmark in NATO’s history.”Relations

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