Reuters —
Belgium’s prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday’s NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage.
After NATO leaders gathered for Wednesday’s fractious summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage revolver, along with live ammunition indicating it was not just for show.
Erdogan wanted to showcase Turkey’s defence industry, which has become a key export and foreign policy tool.
Images shared by the office of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda showed what appeared to be the…