Mevlut Cavusoglu
Turkey has threatened to cancel or seriously reconsider a deal with the European Union for migrants in the absence of progress in negotiations on visa-free regime. About it reports Reuters.
According to the head of the foreign Ministry Mevlut Cavusoglu, these issues should be addressed as one package. If the EU does not fulfill its part of the deal, Ankara does not consider itself bound by any obligations.
The Minister also spoke about the relations with Moscow. According to him, Turkey currently there are no contradictions with Russia, and Ankara intends to strengthen cooperation with the Russian military in terms of monitoring the ceasefire and find a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
Thursday, April 13, the presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Syria. The conversation took place on Turkey’s initiative. The leaders agreed that further joint work is necessary to strengthen the cessation of hostilities and negotiations in Astana, and in the Geneva format. In addition, Putin and Erdogan called for the speedy conduct an objective and thorough international investigation of the incident with chemical weapons Khan Sheyhun.
On 4 April, the opposition said that loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have used chemical weapons in Idlib province. As a result, according to Reuters, 87 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Damascus has denied any involvement in the incident. On the night of 7 April, the President of the United States Donald trump ordered to launch a missile attack on the airfield shirt used by Syrian government aircraft. Were fired 58 cruise missiles. According to Washington, from this base, the Syrian air force chemical weapons were allegedly used. Turkey endorsed the U.S. action.