Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized U.S. leader Joe Biden’s comments explaining Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “awesome,” the state-owned Anadolu news firm reported Friday.
Biden sparked a polite crisis with Moscow on Wednesday when he answered “I do” after being asked in an ABC News meeting if he thinks Putin is a “awesome,” adding that the Russian leader would certainly “pay a price” for election meddling.
“Mr. Biden’s comment about Putin does not fit a president,” Erdogan was quoted as stating after Friday prayers in Istanbul.
“For me, Mr. Putin has done what is needed by offering a really, very clever, really stylish reaction,” he added.
On Thursday, Putin buffooned Biden’s remarks by claiming “it takes one to understand one” and also wanting the 78-year-old “health.”
Biden has actually not minced words for Erdogan, calling him an “caesar” in a 2019 meeting as well as highlighting Turkey’s deteriorating record on human rights. Turkish-U.S. connections are likewise hampered by Ankara’s acquisition of advanced S-400 air defense systems from Moscow, which Washington claims intimidate NATO defenses.
Erdogan and Putin usually share a close relationship however their bond has been stressed over conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria and also Libya.
In spite of their opposing interests, Putin called the Turkish leader “a man of his word that does not wiggle his tail” at his annual press conference in December.
Turkish Foreign Minister Arrives in Azerbaijan as Tensions Mount over Karabakh
Turkey’s foreign preacher arrived in Azerbaijan on Sunday for talks over the breakaway area of Nagorno-Karabakh after Baku’s arch-enemy Armenia requested security help from Russia.
“We are once more in Baku with our bros to renew our strong support for dear Azerbaijan and also exchange on the latest developments in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated on Twitter.
On Saturday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to start appointments on security support, conjuring up both nations’ protection pact.
Pashinyan stated hostilities were approaching Armenia’s boundaries and repeated that Turkey was backing Baku.
Moscow’s protection deal with Armenia does not include Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia said Saturday that “needed” aid would be supplied if the fighting gets to Armenian area.
At the very same time, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated “concrete layouts” useful to Armenia would certainly be gone over.
Armenia’s ask for assistance from Moscow further raised concerns of Russia and also Turkey getting sucked right into the decades-old problem over Karabakh.
Armenia as well as Azerbaijan have actually been engaged in fierce combating for greater than a month over Karabakh, an area of Azerbaijan managed by Armenian separationists following the separation of the Soviet Union.
Battling continued over night and Sunday early morning, the warring sides claimed.
The Karabakh separationist management implicated Azerbaijan of striking civilian negotiations including the critical town of Shusha.
“In the morning the enemy pressures renewed offensive procedures,” the Karabakh military stated.
The Azerbaijani protection ministry for its part accused Armenian pressures of targeting its military as well as private negotiations on Saturday and over night.
More than 1,200 people from both sides have been reported killed in the fatality yet the fighting toll is thought to be considerably greater.