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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks to press after arriving in Moscow, Russia to attend 3 countries' defense ministers and intelligence chiefs meeting on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks to press after arriving in Moscow, Russia to attend 3 countries' defense ministers and intelligence chiefs meeting on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks to press after arriving in Moscow, Russia to attend 3 countries' defense ministers and intelligence chiefs meeting on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 28: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks to press after arriving in Moscow, Russia to attend 3 countries' defense ministers and intelligence chiefs meeting on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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ANKARA, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 29: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks to press on yesterday's meeting of 3 countries' defense ministers and intelligence chiefs in Moscow, in Ankara, Turkiye on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

ANKARA, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 29: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar speaks to press on yesterday's meeting of 3 countries' defense ministers and intelligence chiefs in Moscow, in Ankara, Turkiye on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Arif Akdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)