“Turkey’s attitude is unacceptable. It must be aligned with EU sanctions against Russia,” said Mr Borel in particular
Turkey’s position regarding the non-alignment of the sanctions decided on Russia by the EU on the sidelines of the invasion of Ukraine was described as unacceptable by High Representative Josep Borel.
“Turkey’s attitude is unacceptable. It must be aligned with EU sanctions against Russiasaid Mr. Borel in particular, answering a related question from the New Democracy MEP, Manolis Kefalogiannis.
“Given the new geopolitical reality shaped by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, alignment with the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, such as the imposition of restrictive sanctions, is of utmost importance.s” he said and added that “All candidate countries, including Turkey, are expected to align with EU sanctions on Russia. While Turkey’s continued policy of not imposing corresponding sanctions is causing growing concern in the EU due to the free movement of Russian products within the EU-Turkey customs union. As it is important that Turkey as a candidate country does not provide opportunities for circumvention to Russia».
At the same time, he emphasized that the deepening of bilateral economic ties between Turkey and Russia in the midst of Russia’s unacceptable war of aggression against Ukraine is equally unacceptable.
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