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22 YEARS ON, THE NATO SUMMIT IN ANKARA · penna!

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  SPEAKER_00: The NATO summit will take place in Ankara on 7th to 8th july twenty twenty six.
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  SPEAKER_00: This will mark the second time Turkey has hosted a NATO summit.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first took place in Istanbul in 2004.
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  SPEAKER_00: Significant decisions were also taken at that summit.
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  SPEAKER_00: As part of NATO's enlargement, seven former Warsaw Pact member states were admitted to NATO.
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  SPEAKER_00: The summit to be held in Ankara in 2026 is also significant for resolving the growing tensions between the US and NATO's European members.
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  SPEAKER_00: The 2004 Istanbul Summit was not only significant in terms of approving the NATO membership of seven former Eastern Bloc countries.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the same time, the NATO summit held on 26-28 June 2004 led to another highly significant event taking on a different dimension.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tensions caused by the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: invasion of Iraq, led by President George Bush, which had provoked widespread global outrage, were eased shortly before the summit began by the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: announcement that sovereignty over Iraq would be transferred to the Iraqi people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, twenty two years later, ahead of the NATO summit to be held in Ankara, the emergence of a peace agreement aimed at averting war between the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: and Iran, which had previously been a source of global tension, has also helped to ease the economic, political, and military tensions developing worldwide.
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  SPEAKER_00: The only remaining thorn in the side is Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: In this regard, just as the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq was on the agenda ahead of the summit in Istanbul 22 years ago, it is a significant expectation that the summit to be held in Ankara twenty-two years later will contribute to make sure the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: Iran agreement becomes lasting and to further develop a peaceful environment in Lebanon and Gaza.
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  SPEAKER_00: Interestingly, ahead of the summit in question, both Turkey's defense minister, Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yashar Guler, and the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vasily Palmus, delivered very significant messages.
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  SPEAKER_00: Palmus declared that both the deployment of Greek F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus and the Status of Forces Agreement, SOFA concluded with France, which had been the subject of grand rhetorical speeches aimed at domestic politics, were temporary measures.
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  SPEAKER_00: In other words, he announced the opposite of the rhetoric used for domestic political purposes just before the NATO summit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Turkey's defense minister, Mr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yashar Guler, subsequently stated that the SOFA agreement concluded with France was not in accordance with international law or the Treaty of Guarantee.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, the Treaty of Guarantee and the Treaty of Alliance impose not only rights but also responsibilities on Turkey, Greece, the United Kingdom, and the two communities of Cyprus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Foremost among these are two fundamental issues.
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  SPEAKER_00: Twenty two years on, the NATO summit in Ankara.