Turkey is the “black sheep” of the NATO summit set to be held in Riga, the capital of Latvia, starting tomorrow. Among the 26 participant countries, the country asks for visas only from Turkish citizens. It doesn’t even ask for visas from a number of non-NATO member countries, such as Andorra, Malaysia, Costa Rica and Guatemala, reports The New Anatolian.
Only red passport owner Turkish citizens will be able to attend the summit without a visa, which means Turkish press members and bureaucrats – who carry grey or green passports – accompanying the Turkish President, Prime Minister, chief of General Staff or the Foreign Ministry delegation all need visas to enter Latvia. The official website of the summit reads, “Citizens of NATO member countries except for Turkey (apart from diplomatic passports) are not asked for visas.”
