Erdoğan: There is much we can do with Spain in the defense industry

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the European Union to take action on its relations with Turkey.

“It is about time the EU approaches its relations with Turkey in a strategic manner and takes concrete steps,” Erdoğan said in a joint news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in the capital Ankara on Wednesday.

Erdoğan said Turkey and Spain had already cooperated on the construction of a Spanish assault ship.

“The first aircraft carrier was not a large-scale one. We have agreed on the construction of a large scale (carrier,)” he said.

“And perhaps, we will also enter (cooperation) for a submarine.”

“There is so much we can do in the defense industry, including (concerning) armed and unarmed unmanned aerial vehicles,” Erdoğan said without elaborating.