Both Erdogan and Biden are well aware of the importance of the countries’ strategic and historical ties and keen to find a common ground, say experts
Matthew Bryza, a former US ambassador to Azerbaijan, who has extensive experience and knowledge on Eurasian issues, says that from a realistic perspective the approaching Biden-Erdogan meeting in Brussels provides a chance for both leaders to rebuild the bilateral relationship.
"President Biden knows Erdogan very well. The two men have spent a good amount of time together, and they're both, I think, looking forward to having a business-like opportunity to review the full breadth of the relationship,"Washington and Ankara have developed a beneficial bilateral relationship since the early years of the Cold War.
In the absence of a new US approach toward Turkey, Ankara might seek other political options rather than Washington, Mead viewed. As a result, Biden urgently “needs to develop a new way of thinking about this important relationship,” he advised. “I do think that both leaders are in a mood to sort resolutions to various differences between the two countries,” he says. Bryza thinks that if both leaders are able to put “some of the more difficult issues” aside like S-400s and the status of northeast Syria - where Turkey, the US and Russia have been militarily present - and concentrate on other areas like Ukraine and the eastern Mediterranean, they can make progress.
During the recent Karabakh war, Turkey backed Azerbaijan against occupying Armenian forces and was instrumental in ensuring Azerbaijan regaining control of the region. Since the end of armed clashes, Turkey and Russia have sent their peacekeepers to the region to keep things in order.
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