Turkey to further strengthen relations with Russia after elections: Erdogan

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 24

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Turkey will further strengthen relations with Russia after the June 24 elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Turkish media reported May 24.

He noted that Ankara will also look for ways to resolve the misunderstanding in relations with Washington.

Erdogan added that the development of relations with the EU will also be one of the priorities of Turkey.

“Turkey will further strengthen foreign policy and its role in global politics even more,” Erdogan said.

On June 24, simultaneously with the presidential election, the election of MPs will be held in Turkey.

Incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Meral Aksener from the recently created Good Party (Iyi Parti), Temel Karamollaoglu from the Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi), Muharrem Ince from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Dogu Perincek from the Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi), Vecdet Oz from the Justice Party (Adalet Partisi) and Selahattin Demirtas from the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) are running for the post of president of Turkey.

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