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Turkey threatens with retaliations if EU imposes further sanctions

Turkey has threatened it will retaliate if the European Union imposes sanctions on the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, during a joint press conference with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice of the Commission.

“We’ll have to respond if the EU makes additional decisions against Turkey and this will create a bigger tension,” Çavuşoglu said.

“If you do so then we can take certain steps in eastern Mediterranean or other areas,” the FM added.

Cavusoglu also accused Brussels of not respecting its obligations regarding the migration agreement of March 2016.

I know that the EU does not like it but visa liberalization is a commitment made by the EU, so you have to fulfill your commitment, whether you like it or not,” Çavuşoglu said.

Turkey expects Brussels to mediate fairly the country’s relations with Cyprus, France and Greece, the FM said urging ““if the EU wants to be a mediator, we’ll support this when it comes to Cyprus issue or other issues as long as the EU is and acts as an honest broker.”

Borrell acknowledged that EU-Turkey relations are rocky and said that he went to Turkey “to look for de-escalation.”

He described the mutual relations as “far from being ideal.”

Cavusoglu tagged Borrell making Turkey’s position again clear:

The small present handed out to Borrell during the presser is not possible to sanitize the current EU-Turkey relations.

PS A kick in the a** of Turkey’s “diplomacy” could work miracles – Excuse my language…

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3 comments

  1. No need to apologize, your language describes the situation perfectly. Weaponizing migrants and pushing them towards the Greek border during a global pandemic, claiming the hydrocarbons off the coast of Cyprus and Crete as their own, not to mention the incendiary provocation of converting Agia Sophia into a mosque, and now Erdogan has the nerve to threaten the EU if they respond with more sanctions? A lesser close would have been an understatement on your part.

    • The need to apologize spans along a long time period from Treaty of Rome to today. EU cheated the Turks hundreds of times on important issues like customs union, double taxation, free movement of goods and people, border security, fishing rights, natural resources rights, tourism, fair trade, transportation permits, trade certifications, legal reciprocity issues, terrorism isues, issues with Armenia, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, and lately Syria. Turks look after nearly 4 million refugees from all over ME and Asia. EU is a club with many sins brushed under the carpet.

      • keeptalkinggreece

        nobody cheated Turks because they refuse to comply with EU rules and in the end Ankara does not even want to be part of the bloc for its own “security reasons.” That’s the issue since ages.