Canadian PM Mark Carney:

At the summit, I met with President Erdogan where we agreed to launch negotiations on a new free trade agreement with Türkiye, a trade agreement that can unlock billions in trade between our two countries.

We signed new defense contracts that will grow our industrial base and jobs at home in Canada.

Q: If a conflict were to happen between Türkiye and Israel in Syria for example, does that trigger Article 5?

NATO's Rutte: President Erdogan is an extremely wise president.

He has been there for years in this role, and he will avoid getting into a situation that gets out of hand.

Q: What if Netanyahu makes a conflict unavoidable?

Rutte: Let's not speculate on what could happen. Let's not forget October 7, 2023. The terrible attack by Hamas on Israel.

Source: Sky News Arabia

NATO's Rutte:

When it comes to being ready, it is of course about military mobility—that a tank can move from the Netherlands through Germany to Poland.

It's also about making sure that that tank is actually filled up so it can drive.

And that means you need the output from refining capacity.

We are closing more refineries in Europe than opening.

Source: Sky News Arabia

NATO's Rutte:

We are getting better. But one of the ways to deal with this is indeed to make maximum use of the transatlantic defense industrial base.

That means companies from France and companies from Türkiye investing in the defense industrial base in the United States, but also the United States saying, "How can we co-produce with our partners in Europe?"

Zelensky:

In the coming days, Ukraine will receive a PAC-3 package from the United States.

Separate agreements were also reached with European partners.

Zelensky:

The number of countries that want to see Ukraine join NATO has increased.

Everyone respects our army, everyone respects our country, everyone respects our technology companies.

They would like to become stronger with Ukraine as part of the Alliance.

Turkish President Erdogan:

I believe that the constructive and productive discussions we held with U.S. President Donald Trump will lead to concrete outcomes that meet our country's expectations in the defense industry, particularly with regard to our national fighter aircraft, KAAN, and the F-35 program.

Argentina's President Milei is pleased with Netanyahu's statement.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admits:

I don't think we do justice to the the importance of the decisions taken at the summit when we just limit the public debate in Greece around, you know, issues related to the Greek-Turkish relationship.

When we have issues to discuss with Türkiye, we discuss them amongst ourselves and, you know, sometimes in Greece I think we take a very narrow-minded approach when it comes to these broader issues.

I'm always sort of surprised by how part of the Greek media reports on these on these issues with a great degree of exaggeration and an inability to really understand the complex dynamics that that we're facing.

Netanyahu's Office:

As part of the ongoing contact between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump, the two held another phone conversation this evening, during which they agreed to continue coordination between their countries on the various fronts.

President Trump updated the Prime Minister on U.S. actions in the Gulf.

The Prime Minister, for his part, raised the severity of statements by Erdogan and his associates against the existence of the State of Israel, as well as the need to maintain security zones along Israel's borders.

An Argentinian flight instructor died after jumping from a training plane mid-flight, leaving his student to land the aircraft alone.

Authorities say 42-year-old Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, a commercial pilot and instructor, told his 22-year-old student, "You know what you have to do, carry on," before removing his headset, opening the door of the Cessna 150, and jumping.

The student, who already held a pilot's license, safely landed the plane.

Argentinian authorities are investigating the incident.

Source: NBC News

Reporter: What went through your mind when you opened the gift from President Erdogan?

Canada's Carney: I never saw it. They keep guns away from me.

It's been decommissioned because it's not a legal firearm in Canada, and I certainly don't have a license for it.

We're going to find the best home for it in a museum.

Canadian PM Mark Carney admits:

Lecturing countries from afar is an ineffective strategy. It's satisfying, but it's ineffective.

I addressed a Canadian consular case in Ankara two days ago, and because I was with the President, it was addressed favorably.

If I sat in Ottawa and pointed out all the things that we might not agree with—what Türkiye has done, is doing, or might do—I wouldn't have had that conversation. I wouldn't have had that impact.

That's a small example, but it is an example of a broader point.

NEW: Israel recently shared intelligence with the U.S. indicating Iran may be considering a new plan to assassinate President Trump.

Trump said Wednesday that Iran wants to "take out the U.S. leader—me," adding that he believes he's on Iranian target lists.

Source: WSJ

CENTCOM:

Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. Since early May, U.S. forces have helped facilitate the successful transit of more than 800 commercial vessels and 380 million barrels of crude oil through the vital international trade corridor.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini shows reporters a gift from Turkish President Erdoğan at the NATO summit.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

When you look at China, important decisions need to be taken when it comes to the survival of our manufacturing base in Europe.

I'm not in favor of protectionism per se. Many of the problems of European competitiveness are not related to China.

But one cannot ignore the fact that China currently accounts for 30% of the world's manufacturing capability and 14% of the world's economy.

We cannot afford, especially in critical sectors where we retain a competitive advantage, to be flooded by Chinese goods that would eventually result in hundreds of thousands—or even millions—of jobs being lost in Europe.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

For those who are entitled to asylum, we're happy to welcome them. We have enough jobs.

We have Sudanese people working in central Greece where there is a need for labor.

John Bolton on Trump:

Trump is trolling people. In the first term, I was in his office once. He was dictating a tweet, and he told the person typing the tweet, "Capitalize all the letters in that last sentence."

Then he turned to me and said, "Do you know why I just said that?" I said, "No, why?" And he said, "Because it drives them crazy."

So why does he talk about taking Greenland? Because it drives them crazy.

Source: Euronews

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Israeli Minister of Energy Eli Cohen:

We have to make sure Türkiye does not establish itself militarily in Syria.

I said in the Cabinet: if Türkiye wants to establish military bases in Syria, then we will establish bases there as well.