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High-ranking diplomats from the State Department gave explanations for imposing sanctions on Turkey for the S-400 missiles.
The imposition of sanctions was not a decision taken lightly since it is an eastern country and that is why they were delayed because they wanted to exhaust all margins, the State Department said during a press conference.
As they characteristically pointed out, they did months of diplomatic efforts, if not years, but also their military offerings fell on deaf ears.
According to SKAI, Lifting the sanctions is estimated to be difficult, as the S-400s will have to withdraw first. They also emphasized the importance of excluding the key military supply entity, an ally, Turkey, from the US Defense Industry.
However, they emphasized that want to maintain a functional relationship with Turkey, which they described as “important, complex and difficult”, but considered that the decision on sanctions reflects some of the key challenges of this relationship.
They also said that they are in contact with the Europeans for their own sanctions against Turkey but stressed that these are for another issue, the Turkish investigations in the Aegean and Cyprus, while theAs they used to say, the United States does not vote in the European Council.
Contact Tsavousoglou – Pompeo
In a telephone conversation Tsavousoglou had with Pompeo, the Turkish Foreign Minister expressed his dissatisfaction and frustration with the decision of the United States – it is recalled that there were conflicts between them a few days ago at the NATO Summit.
For his part, the outgoing US Secretary of State expressed the US positions, according to information from Turkey.
With information from SKAI
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