US President Joe Biden’s ambassador is visiting Kemal Bay, Erdogan was quoted as saying by the Star newspaper. “Shame on you, think with your head. You are an ambassador, your interlocutor here is the president,” said the Turkish leader.
He asked with what face the American ambassador would then request a meeting with the Turkish president. Now that the doors are closed for the American diplomat, he “should know his place”, Erdogan added.”Let him know how an ambassador should work, and if he doesn’t know, he can’t come in through that door,” he said. RIA News Turkish president.
Presidential and legislative elections in Turkey are scheduled for May 14. The main opponent of the incumbent president is Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a candidate of the opposition People’s Alliance.
Earlier Erdogan said that he would not allow his country to be drawn into a conflict with Russia. He noted that avoiding a confrontation with Russia would become one of his campaign slogans. The Turkish President also announced that he was ready to participate in the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.