Dhaka, July 1 -- Turkiye will host the 2026 NATO leaders' summit in its capital Ankara, the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.

"Turkiye will host the 2026 NATO heads of state and government summit in July, hopefully. We will host NATO leaders in our capital Ankara and prepare the ground for taking very important decisions," Erdogan said at a press conference following a cabinet meeting.

He elaborated on Turkiye's participation in the recent NATO leaders' summit held in The Hague on June 24-25, where he emphasized the need to remove trade restrictions in the defense industry within the alliance framework, reports Xinhua.

"In the alliance documents, we reflected our will to remove obstacles to trade in defense indus...