Turkey Intends to Strengthen Cooperation With SCO, BRICS, ASEAN

© Sputnik . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankPresident of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, July 3, 2024
President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, July 3, 2024 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 23.09.2024
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ANKARA (Sputnik) - Turkey intends to strengthen cooperation with the SCO, BRICS and ASEAN, and has taken important steps in this direction, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
"While developing cooperation with the Western world, we do not neglect the East. We intend to strengthen our dialogue with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), BRICS, and ASEAN. We have recently taken important steps in this direction. We have achieved a completely different climate. We will continue to develop our cooperation with various regional organizations, focusing on Turkey and putting our country's interests first," Erdogan said, as quoted by Turkish state agency Anadolu.
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