{"id":1269379,"date":"2022-02-03T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1269379"},"modified":"2022-02-03T21:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T02:08:45","slug":"ukraine-turkey-secure-deals-amid-russia-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-turkey-secure-deals-amid-russia-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Turkey Secure Deals Amid Russia Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-turkey-secure-deals-amid-russia-tension%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1269379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/958267E6-B1B6-4A50-8460-E23F7173C232_1_201_a-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The leaders of Ukraine and Turkey met on Thursday amid ongoing escalating tension between Ukraine and Russia, signing a free-trade deal and securing an agreement for Ukraine to create Turkish armed drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-business-europe-belarus-jens-stoltenberg-43c9151532de706a2edec5684dfcf07d\"><span class=\"s1\">mediate<\/span><\/a> discussions between Russia and Ukraine. Erdogan said Turkey was \u201cprepared to undertake its part in order to end the crisis between two friendly nations that are its neighbors in the Black Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have stressed that we would be happy to host a summit meeting at a leadership level or technical level talks,\u201d Erdogan said hours of discussion with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. \u201cInstead of fueling the fire, we act with the logical aim of reducing the tensions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe will continue to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including Crimea,\u201d Erdogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/turkey-ukraine-sign-free-trade-drone-deals-as-erdogan-visits-kyiv-11643911532\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a> after a signing ceremony in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When Erdogan left the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, he turned toward the Ukrainian honor guard and, speaking Ukrainian, said, \u201cGlory to Ukraine!\u201d The honor guard responded with the traditional phrase, \u201cGlory to heroes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/turkey-ukraine-sign-free-trade-drone-deals-as-erdogan-visits-kyiv-11643911532\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Bilateral trade between Ankara and Kyiv has grown sharply in recent years, jumping 60% in 2021 from a year earlier to $7.5 billion. The free-trade agreement signed during Mr. Erdogan\u2019s visit to Kyiv aims to increase bilateral trade to $10 billion, the Turkish president said.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a joint briefing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the deal to broaden manufacturing infrastructure for Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones in Ukraine. \u201cThese are new technologies, new workplaces, and an increase in Ukraine\u2019s ability to defend itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/erdogan-visits-ukraine-hoping-play-mediator-with-russia-2022-02-03\/\"><span class=\"s1\">told<\/span><\/a> Reuters that the drones agreement created \u201cfavourable conditions for Turkish manufacturers to build a drone factory in Ukraine so that we can produce the entire line of drones and get their high technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI would like to thank President Erdogan for his initiative to become a mediator between Ukraine and Russia on the way to ending the war,\u201d Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/erdogan-visits-ukraine-hoping-play-mediator-with-russia-2022-02-03\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>. The two leaders did not provide specifics about their discussions regarding Russia and reportedly did not answer questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the past, Erdogan created tension in the West after deciding in 2017 to purchase the S-400 air-defense system from Russia. However, Erdogan has reportedly been attempting to improve relationships with the United States, as well as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAll this is prompted by Erdogan\u2019s need to show the Turkish public that Turkey is a regional, even a global power,\u201d a former senior Turkish official said, per the Journal. \u201cThe Ukraine mediation effort is another link in the chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, U.S. officials said they had gathered intelligence regarding Russia conspiring to utilize a false video in order to invent an excuse to invade Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/russia-ukraine-invasion-pretext.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that the U.S. is hoping to ruin the strategy by publicizing it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The plan reportedly \u201cinvolves staging and filming a fabricated attack by the Ukrainian military either on Russian territory or against Russian-speaking people in eastern Ukraine,\u201d per the Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cRussia, the officials said, intended to use the video to accuse Ukraine of genocide against Russian-speaking people. It would then use the outrage over the video to justify an attack or have separatist leaders in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine invite a Russian intervention,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">State Department spokesman Ned Price reportedly said proof of the operation is classified in order to safeguard American sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Price said, \u201cThe production of this propaganda video is one of a number of options that the Russian government is developing as a fake pretext to initiate and potentially justify military aggression against Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders of Ukraine and Turkey met on Thursday amid ongoing escalating tension between Ukraine and Russia, signing a free-trade deal and securing an agreement for Ukraine to create Turkish &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}