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The EU summit decided on new sanctions against Turkey
The European Union remains committed to protecting the interests of the union and its member states, as well as maintaining regional stability, according to the statement.
EU leaders agreed to extend sanctions against Turkey for exploration in disputed areas of the eastern Mediterranean, Kommersant reported on December 11. Ankara’s actions were described as provocative.
“The EU remains committed to protecting the interests of the union and member states, as well as maintaining regional stability,” the statement said after the EU leaders’ summit.
The Summit instructs the EU Council to adopt an additional blacklist based on the 11 November 2019 decision on restrictive measures due to illegal activities of Turkey in the Mediterranean.
It is not specified who will be included in the expanded list of sanctions. Currently, two top managers of the Turkish state oil company TPAO are on the European blacklist.
EU leaders also instructed the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, and the European Commission to prepare a report by March 2021 on the state of political, economic and trade relations between the EU and Turkey, as well as on instruments and options for future actions.
In August, Turkey announced the possibility of a new military conflict amid a dispute with Greece over a gas field in the Mediterranean.
Because the EU limited itself to appeals only, Cyprus began blocking sanctions against Belarus’s ruling elite, which Brussels tried to impose amid protests.
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