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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The US sanctions on Ankara prompted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change his policy, especially with the European Union.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a phone call with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, expressed his hope of opening a “new page” between his country and the European Union, in the first contact between the two parties since Brussels imposed sanctions on Ankara last week.
The Turkish presidency said in a statement that “at a time when Turkey wants to open a new page with the European Union, some are making unremitting efforts to provoke crises,” according to AFP.
Erdogan, who called for “saving” Turkish-European relations from this “vicious circle”, expressed his desire to “relaunch” dialogue with the European Union “looking at the whole situation” and “on the basis of mutual interests”.
The statement quoted the Turkish president as saying that the immigration agreement signed by Turkey and the European Union in 2016 could constitute a starting point to create a more “positive” climate between the two parties.
The leaders of the European Union decided during a summit in Brussels on Thursday to impose sanctions on Turkey for its “illegal and aggressive” actions in the Mediterranean against Greece and Cyprus, especially the gas exploration operations carried out by Ankara in recent months. in the eastern Mediterranean in maritime areas in dispute of sovereignty. On it with these two.
Days after these European sanctions, the United States imposed sanctions on Turkey on Monday for the purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system.
“We hope that the European Union can take a constructive and rational stance towards Turkey,” Erdogan said in the statement.
