BISHKEK: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed Ankara would pursue non-dollar transactions in industry with Russia and other countries, accusing the US of behaving like "wild wolves."
Both Turkey and Russia are reeling from punitive economic measures imposed via Washington.
"America behaves like wild wolves. Don't believe them," Erdogan told a trade discussion board right through a consult with to Kyrgyzstan, in comments translated into Kyrgyz.
He stated his country was in negotiations with Russia over non-dollar industry.
"Using the dollar only damages us. We will not give up. We will be victorious," Erdogan told the assembly, attended via Kyrgyz and Turkish businessmen as well as government officers.
Ties between Nato contributors Washington and Ankara hit a new low final month as US President Donald Trump introduced steep new tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium in accordance with the detention of an American pastor in Turkey.
The Turkish lira shed a quarter of its price final month because the industry struggle with the US ratcheted up.
Russia in the meantime saw its ruble tumble to two-year lows in August after the US introduced fresh sanctions in reference to a nerve agent poisoning incident within the British town of Salisbury.
Erdogan has also used the consult with to ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan to call for the Central Asian country of six million folks relinquish all ties to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric and educator Ankara accuses of fomenting a coup in 2016.
Speaking Sunday, Erdogan stated Turkish companies must spend money on Kyrgyzstan however "may face barriers from FETO," the term Ankara makes use of to describe the network of folks and establishments connected to Gulen.
The refusal of the United States to extradite 77-year-old Gulen to stand trial in Turkey is one in all several sore issues that have plagued a once-strong bilateral relationship.
Gulen, whose Hizmet movement has resulted in the introduction of colleges in dozens of nations together with Kyrgyzstan has all the time denied any hyperlinks to the 2016 coup strive.
Since July 2016, over 55,000 folks were arrested over coup hyperlinks in Turkey, while more than 1,40,000 public sector employees were sacked or suspended.
Both Turkey and Russia are reeling from punitive economic measures imposed via Washington.
"America behaves like wild wolves. Don't believe them," Erdogan told a trade discussion board right through a consult with to Kyrgyzstan, in comments translated into Kyrgyz.
He stated his country was in negotiations with Russia over non-dollar industry.
"Using the dollar only damages us. We will not give up. We will be victorious," Erdogan told the assembly, attended via Kyrgyz and Turkish businessmen as well as government officers.
Ties between Nato contributors Washington and Ankara hit a new low final month as US President Donald Trump introduced steep new tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium in accordance with the detention of an American pastor in Turkey.
The Turkish lira shed a quarter of its price final month because the industry struggle with the US ratcheted up.
Russia in the meantime saw its ruble tumble to two-year lows in August after the US introduced fresh sanctions in reference to a nerve agent poisoning incident within the British town of Salisbury.
Erdogan has also used the consult with to ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan to call for the Central Asian country of six million folks relinquish all ties to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric and educator Ankara accuses of fomenting a coup in 2016.
Speaking Sunday, Erdogan stated Turkish companies must spend money on Kyrgyzstan however "may face barriers from FETO," the term Ankara makes use of to describe the network of folks and establishments connected to Gulen.
The refusal of the United States to extradite 77-year-old Gulen to stand trial in Turkey is one in all several sore issues that have plagued a once-strong bilateral relationship.
Gulen, whose Hizmet movement has resulted in the introduction of colleges in dozens of nations together with Kyrgyzstan has all the time denied any hyperlinks to the 2016 coup strive.
Since July 2016, over 55,000 folks were arrested over coup hyperlinks in Turkey, while more than 1,40,000 public sector employees were sacked or suspended.
Turkey calls US 'wild wolves', vows to abandon dollar in trade
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