Turkish President Erdogan welcomes Trump in Ankara as two-day NATO summit begins

Earlier on Tuesday, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visited Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Türkiye. Caine, accompanied by a US delegation, observed a moment of silence before laying a wreath at Ataturk’s mausoleum.

NATO heads of state and government, as well as leaders from key partner countries, are meeting in Ankara for the alliance’s 2026 summit, which will focus on implementing the defence spending commitments agreed at last year’s meeting in the Hague, sustaining military support for Ukraine and expanding defence industrial production.

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