NATO members reject Turkey’s offer to host next summit
NATO member states have rejected Turkey’s offer for the second time in a row. The offer by Turkey to host 2018 NATO summit did not receive approval by the crucial members of the alliance.
As Panorama.am was informed from Turkish media, during the NATO summit in Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed to hold the next summit in Istanbul; however Germany and France opposed the offer.
Several other NATO member states, namely Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark also did not approve this proposal. Turkey made such an offer during the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw as well, which also received opposition.