KIEV. June 23. UNN. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a campaign speech on national TV compared himself with Putin for the duration of stay in power, his words are quoted by TV channel TRT, reports UNN.
According to Turkish leader, he and the Russian President are among the most experienced politicians in the UN General Assembly.
“There are two of the most experienced political leader is Putin and me. Since we have held the positions of presidents and Prime Ministers, we Putin continuously in power for 15 — 16 years”, — said the President of Turkey.
Erdogan noted that Turkey is “well established” relations with Russia on the Syrian issue. “We have a really special relationship with Mr Putin”, — said Erdogan, adding that Turkey has established contacts with Russia also along the lines of the foreign Ministry, and military intelligence agencies.
A similar comparison themselves and Putin he made during a campaign speech in Istanbul, the fragments quoted by the newspaper Aksam. “One of the other candidates (in the presidential election in Turkey) recognizes the world? How many world leaders they met? I am among politicians who longer only present in the UN General Assembly. Yeah, for the longest time — I and Putin,” — said the President of Turkey.
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey will take place on 24 June 2018. In accordance with the changes made to the Constitution of the country in 2017, the President-elect shall simultaneously become the head of the government.
As reported UNN, the majority of Americans do not support foreign policy trump.