{"id":2209,"date":"2022-02-23T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2022-02-23T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:59:09","slug":"turkeys-president-cuts-short-africa-tour-over-russia-ukraine-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2209\/turkeys-president-cuts-short-africa-tour-over-russia-ukraine-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey&#8217;s President cuts short Africa tour over Russia-Ukraine crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62150432d774c11a4faad500.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">Turkey&#8217;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cut short his three-day Africa tour because of the escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62150432d774c11a4faad500.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">Mr Erdogan was due to visit Guinea-Bissau for the first time on Thursday, but was returning home to participate in an online Nato summit on Wednesday, his office said.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62150432d774c11a4faad500.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">Mr Erdogan has visited Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62150432d774c11a4faad500.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">Guinea-Bissau was supposed to have been the final destination of his tour.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62150432d774c11a4faad500.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">Turkey plans to open an embassy in the country, which has been hit by instability for years and is often referred to as a narco-state.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-62150432d774c11a4faad500.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">Earlier this month, President Umaro Sissoko Embal\u00f3 said the government <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2022\/02\/02\/six-killed-in-failed-coup-in-guinea-bissau-president-sees-link-to-drugs\/\">had foiled a coup attempt<\/a>\u00a0masterminded by former officials who had served time in US jails for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey&#8217;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cut short his three-day Africa tour because of the escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine. Mr Erdogan was due to visit Guinea-Bissau for the first time on Thursday, but was returning home to participate in an online Nato summit on Wednesday, his office said. 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