“It is no secret that we have differences with Turkey,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an online discussion with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, during which the issues of the S400 and the Eastern Mediterranean was broached.

At the same time, the US Secretary of State stressed: “It is also no secret that Turkey is an old and valuable ally.” He added that the fact that NATO acted as a “deterrent to de-escalation” is a positive example and stressed that “we must continue to work on it, we are determined to do so”.

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The Atlantic Alliance could emerge stronger after a period of internal divisions and must keep Turkey at the core of transatlantic ties, Blinken said during his first visit today to NATO headquarters in Brussels.