Thursday, February 9, 2023
No Result
View All Result
Asbarez.com
NEWSLETTER
ՀԱՅ
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • Community
  • Arts & Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Critics’ Forum
  • Op-Ed
    • Editorial
    • Opinon
    • Letters
  • Columns
    • By Any Means
    • My Turn
    • Three Apples
    • Community Links
    • Critics’ Forum
    • My Name is Armen
    • Living in Armenia
  • Videos
  • Sports
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • Community
  • Arts & Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Critics’ Forum
  • Op-Ed
    • Editorial
    • Opinon
    • Letters
  • Columns
    • By Any Means
    • My Turn
    • Three Apples
    • Community Links
    • Critics’ Forum
    • My Name is Armen
    • Living in Armenia
  • Videos
  • Sports
No Result
View All Result
Asbarez.com
ՀԱՅ
No Result
View All Result

Biden, Erdogan Top Advisors Discuss Karabakh

by Asbarez Staff
February 3, 2021
in Armenia, Artsakh, Featured Story, Latest, News, Top Stories
0
President Biden
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
President Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (left) and Turkish presidential advisor Ibrahim Kalin
President Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (left) and Turkish presidential advisor Ibrahim Kalin

The Karabakh conflict reportedly was discussed on Tuesday during a phone conversation between President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Ibrahim Kalin, the chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

According to Turkish state-run media, the Karabakh conflict was among topics, including Syria, Libya and Afghanistan that were discussed by the two top leaders. No specific details on the subject of Karabakh were publicized. The White House did not include a mention of Karabakh in its readout of the call.

On Monday, in a strongly-worded op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle, representatives Jackie Speier and Adam Schiff urged President Biden to end America’s “silence on Azerbaijan’s and Turkey’s regional aggression” and halt U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijan.

“We must also reassess our relationship with Turkey, which has always been complex, but has become increasingly untenable as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has amassed autocratic powers while undermining U.S. interests. In addition to encouraging, arming, and supplying Syrian mercenaries to wage war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey’s actions in Syria have set back U.S. interests and endangered our forces,” Speier and Schiff stressed in the op-ed.

“Sullivan underscored the Biden Administration’s desire to build constructive U.S.-Turkey ties, expanding areas of cooperation and managing disagreements effectively,” said a White House statement.

U.S.-Turkey relations have been in a downward spiral in recent years with tensions escalating when Ankara opted to purchase the S-400 air defense system from Russia, in defiance of NATO agreements.

The White House said that Sullivan “conveyed the administration’s intention to strengthen transatlantic security through NATO, expressing concern that Turkey’s acquisition of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system undermines alliance cohesion and effectiveness.”

At the end of last year, Congress overwhelmingly approved sanctions against Turkey when voting on the 2021 Defense Appropriation bill—a move vetoed by President Donald Trump forcing Congress to overwrite the veto.

Turkey’s ongoing feud with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Cyprus issue were also touched on by Sullivan and Kalin.

Asbarez Staff

Asbarez Staff

Next Post
Only the ruling My Step faction voted to install new judges

Opposition Lawmakers Accuse Parliament of Undermining Judicial Independence

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recommended

Kassakhian Re-Appointed to New Motor Vehicle Board

Glendale Mayor Kassakhian Named President of State’s New Motor Vehicle Board

9 hours ago

Parliament Allows Prosecutors to Charge Opposition Leader

10 hours ago

Connect with us

  • About
  • Advertising
  • Subscribe
  • Contact

© 2021 Asbarez | All Rights Reserved | Powered By MSDN Solutions Inc.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • Community
  • Arts & Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Critics’ Forum
  • Op-Ed
    • Editorial
    • Opinon
    • Letters
  • Columns
    • By Any Means
    • My Turn
    • Three Apples
    • Community Links
    • Critics’ Forum
    • My Name is Armen
    • Living in Armenia
  • Videos
  • Sports

© 2021 Asbarez | All Rights Reserved | Powered By MSDN Solutions Inc.