Daily Memo: Turkey’s Soft Approach to Belarus

Ankara pushed NATO to tone down its condemnation of Minsk's grounding of a Ryanair plane.

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Turkey’s cautious approach. Turkey pushed its NATO allies to soften a joint statement released on Wednesday in response to Belarus’ forced landing of a commercial plane, according to a Reuters report. Ankara reportedly rejected adding into the statement calls for more Western sanctions and the release of political prisoners. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is […]

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