President Erdoğan spoke at the opening session of the 36th NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government
Addressing the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit, President Erdoğan said: “We, as the country that has the largest land army in Europe, endeavor to put our capabilities at the service of the Alliance when the need arises. In Kosovo, the Black Sea, the Baltics and in other geographies, we are among the leading allies in terms of contributions to the Alliance’s operations, missions and exercises.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit held at the Exhibition Hall of the Presidential Complex.
President Erdoğan said: “With the ‘Steel Dome’ project, we have allocated an additional budget of 24 billion dollars to air and missile defense capabilities, the most critical capability gap of the Alliance. We, as the country that has the largest land army in Europe, endeavor to put our capabilities at the service of the Alliance when the need arises. In Kosovo, the Black Sea, the Baltics and in other geographies, we are among the leading allies in terms of contributions to the Alliance’s operations, missions and exercises. As an ally that successfully uses the UAVs and UCAVs on real battlefields, we hope to accredit our Center of Excellence for Countering Unmanned Systems, which we plan to establish, to NATO. I believe that this center will consolidate our capability to respond especially to air and maritime drone threats.”
