Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara as a valuable step toward alliance unity, particularly with US President Donald Trump's confirmed attendance.
"We attach great importance to the NATO leaders' summit to be held in Ankara on July 7-8. The recent announcement that US President Donald Trump will personally attend the summit is a valuable step in terms of alliance cohesion",
Erdoğan said on June 10.
He also noted that interest in the Turkish-hosted summit is high not only among NATO allies but also globally, TRT Haber reported.
"We have intensified our preparations to ensure that the Ankara summit becomes a reference point in NATO's history",
the Turkish leader added.
The 36th NATO summit is scheduled to take place in Ankara on July 7-8
