Ankara expects the new US administration to abandon unilateral approaches

According to the Vice President of Turkey, Ankara and Washington have regional problems.

“This concerns Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean, the situation between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Cyprus, Turkish-Greek relations.

All this concerns us directly, and the attitude of the new administration will certainly affect us.

We are watching this very closely and expect them to stay away from unilateral approaches, ”said Oktay.

Turkey expects that the US will stop “cooperating with terrorist organizations,” he stressed.

Oktay also said that Ankara will continue to seek the extradition from the United States of opposition Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of involvement in the July 2016 coup attempt.

“We had an attempted coup, and whoever did it is in America.

There is nothing more natural than asking for his extradition, and we will increase our pressure (in this direction. - 

), "the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister concluded.

Earlier, the US State Department recalled the possibility of sanctions against Turkey due to the purchase of Russian S-400 systems.