Erdogan is balancing between the West and Putin: what will force him to take a clear position

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Russia will send 1 million tons of grain to Turkey for processing and shipping to African countries. Such agreements were reached between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Sochi. But the President of Turkey knew what would happen.

About this24 Channelsaid Kazakh politician, entrepreneur, leader of the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan movement Mukhtar Ablyazov, noting that such agreements are usually worked out in advance on both sides. By the way, Erdogan and Putin met in Russia on September 4

“Therefore, when it is said that Erdogan came and “showed discontent”, this is a delusion. After all, both the West and Erdogan knew in advance about the results of this meeting,” – the Kazakh politician emphasized.

Ablyazov added that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv with a ready-made aid package. After all, for this diplomatic voyage to take place in such a context, Blinken had toknow in advancewhat position the Russian dictator would have at a meeting with the President of Turkey.

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“Diplomatic snack”

The leader of the “Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan” movement noted that supplies amount to 1 million tons of grain is not that much. After all, last year the aggressor country exported 60 million tons of grain.

By the way, Turkey had a trade turnover of $62 billion last year. Therefore, the supply of 1 million tons of grain is a so-called “diplomatic snack” andno more.

It is clear that Erdogan is balancing between the West and Putin. Why? Because trade is really growing. Over the past year it has grown by more than 80%. There is no other country with such trade turnover or such growth in Turkey,” said Mukhtar Ablyazov.

Accordingly, yes, Turkey can makeprofit for itself.

How can you change the position of the President of Turkey

All statements by Recep Erdogan regarding the fact that Ukraine should “soften its position” regarding the connection of SWIFT to Rosselkhozbank and Putin’s demand to launch the Tolyatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline are generally unacceptable, the politician is convinced.

Ukraine has a clear position in this regard. But the President of Turkey can take his positionchange only whenits NATO allies have a sufficiently tough position. Now everything is moving towards this.

“This issue of transit of goods through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. I think that soon all this will manifest itself as a whole,” said the leader of the “Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan” movement.

He noted that many experts are now discussing that in order for the Russian dictator to become different, the Black Sea must be closed to everyone – in particular, Putin and Russian exports. For Erdogan to agree to this, he needsconvincing arguments.

What arguments does Erdogan need

Recep Erdogan, according to Kazakh politician, represents the interests of not only Turkey. The West is behind him. Trade volume with European countries alone accounts for more than 50% of Turkey's trade turnover. In addition, this country is a NATO member. The Turkish economy is more dependent on the Western economy than on the Russian one.

“The West has overwhelming arguments for Erdogan to take a clearer position,” said the Kazakh politician.

A certain threat from Putin to escalate the situation leads even more to the fact that the West is taking a more cautious position. So the UN was authorized to open the possibility of “connecting SWIFT to Rosselkhozbank.”

There were corresponding statements that no one is preventing the export of Russian agricultural products. This indicates that the West has not yet taken a hard line. As soon as he takes over, Erdogan will also change,” Mukhtar Ablyazov emphasized.

Meeting of Putin and Erdogan: the main thing

• The President of Turkey has arrived to the bunker grandfather in Sochi. They met there on September 4.
• Erdogan's visit caused the West to worry. It was previously assumed that the Turkish President wants to move away from close relations with Vladimir Putin. However, the meeting in Sochi showed that this is not at all the case.
• Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to “reanimate” the grain agreement. However, he wants sanctions on the export of Russian agricultural products to be lifted. By the way, during the negotiations, the aggressor country and Turkey did not agree on the continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
• After a meeting with the bunker grandfather, the Turkish President said that Ukraine supposedly should “soften its approach” to renew the grain agreement. However, the Ukrainian state will defend all its principled positions.