Trump plans to attend NATO summit in Ankara: Fidan
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to attend the NATO summit scheduled to be held in Ankara on July 7-8, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday.
Asked about whether Trump would attend the NATO summit in Ankara during an interview with Bloomberg TV during a visit to Singapore, Fidan replied: “As far as we know, yes, he plans to attend.”
He said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with Trump several times by phone last month and that the U.S. president indicated on each occasion that he would participate in the summit.
Stressing that the U.S. remains committed to the alliance despite political rhetoric, Fidan said there are no signs that Washington intends to act on warnings that it could withdraw from NATO.
