Ukraine-NATO Council meeting at ministerial level to take place in Ankara

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In a joint press conference with visiting Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev on July 1 in Ankara, Hakan Fidan shared his assessments about the summit set for July 7 and 8 in the Turkish capital.

That's meant to safeguard the summit, but also to display strength and underscore Turkey’s commitment to NATO, even as it is often portrayed as an outlier within it.