Von der Leyen and Costa gifted guns by Erdoğan at NATO summit

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A firearm with six live rounds and an accompanying cleaning kit. With that gift, Turkish President Erdogan sent NATO leaders back home after the summit in his country. It led to extra work for security guards and embassy staff. British Prime Minister Starmer, for example, is not allowed to take his item home, even though Erdogan gave permission for its export in an accompanying note. However, the United Kingdom has strict firearms laws, so the …

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European leaders attending the NATO summit in Ankara received engraved pistols and real bullets as parting gifts, POLITICO reports. The sophisticated weapons – along with bullets and a cleaning kit – were handed over to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa on Wednesday (July 8) by the event’s host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, two EU officials confirmed to POLITICO.

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At the same time, Turkey's President Recep Taip Yerdog presented NATO to Antonio Costa, the President of the European Union, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, with evil. However, as it turned out, not worse than them, Politico reports. The Turkish leader, as the governor of NATO, good-bye handing the EU high seats engraved pistols with combat kits. For the sake of the European representative, for the sake of words, …