07.07.2026 00:11
AA America News Director Can Hasasu stated that US President Donald Trump has departed for the NATO Summit in Ankara, noting that this trip will mark the first international flight of the new presidential aircraft, Air Force One, and that following his critical meetings with Zelensky and Shar’a at the summit in Turkey, a NATO country bordering Iran, Trump will hold a press conference on Wednesday.
While the world's eyes are turned to the historic NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Ankara, US President Donald Trump's journey to Turkey has begun.
Can Hasasu, the Director of America News at Anadolu Agency (AA), shared very striking details about the US President's program in Ankara and the strategic significance Washington attributes to this summit.
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT OF THE NEW AIR FORCE ONE
This historic journey carries great symbolic importance not only for global diplomacy but also for the history of military aviation. Donald Trump's visit to Ankara will go down in history as the first international flight of the US's long-awaited new presidential plane, Air Force One.
WILL ALSO MEET WITH AL-SHARA AND ZELENSKY
Conveying information about the geopolitical context of the summit and Trump's schedule, Hasasu expressed the developments with the following words: "US President Donald Trump is on his way to Ankara. The details of Trump's two-day program also reveal the importance of the summit for the US. The US President will hold bilateral meetings not only with NATO leaders but also with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara.
"THE FACT THAT THE SUMMIT IS TAKING PLACE IN A NATO COUNTRY NEIGHBORING IRAN ALSO HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF TIMING"
The fact that the summit is taking place in a NATO country neighboring Iran also holds special importance in terms of timing. Before returning to Washington, US President Trump will also hold a press conference in Ankara on Wednesday. There, he will evaluate the main highlights of the summit in Turkey for the press. Of course, Ankara's NATO summit will also go down in history as the first international flight of the new US presidential plane, Air Force One."
Hosted by Ankara, ahead of this critical summit that will reshape regional and global security, the hottest topics in Trump's briefcase are expected to be the Ukraine crisis, the new era in Syria, and the strategic messages to be delivered to Iran via its border neighbor Turkey.