Erdogan says Turkey would consider full membership of China- and Russia-led security bloc

NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, to a higher level, PresidentTayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.

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