Chancellor Christian Stocker called about 20 minutes on Thursday evening with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both met at the top of the European Community in Tirana.
On Thursday evening Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Thursday evening, the Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It was the continuation of a personal meeting on the outskirts of the Tirana summit in May, but this time the stage remained the management between Ankara and Vienna. The sound was polite, but the subjects were all the more important.
Chancellor emphasized the desire for legal security
Center: bilateral relationships, especially in the economic sector. Turkey remains a strategic partner for Austria outside the EU – with more than 250 branches of local companies on the Bosphorus. Stocker praised Turkey as a “bridge between Europe and the Central East”, a term that is not only geographically, but also geopolitically charged. However, economic partnership has its conditions: stability, legal security, rule of law – the Chancellor explicitly emphasized this.
International printing was also on the conversation. According to Stocker, Turkey is an indispensable player in the region, both in Syria and in the context of the Ukraine war. Ankara had repeatedly brought into play as an intermediary: with the export of prisoners and grain from the Black Sea. Austria recognizes this role – if not without silent skepticism.
Hot topic migration
When it comes to security, it became more specific. Turkey is a partner in combating terrorism, organized crime and illegal migration. Recently the return of a Syrian perpetrator about Turkish Territory – a symbolic success for both parties, recently passed.
And finally Gaza: Stocker repeated the Austrian line – the end of the fighting, the release of all hostages and humanitarian access to the needy civilian population. A criticism of Israel, formulated with diplomatic caution, but a clear substance: not the civilian population should not have to pay the price for Hamas terror.
Source: Krone
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