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Turkey s Cavusoglu: US sanctions violate our sovereign rights
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu in Antalya, Turkey on 7 December 2020 [Orhan Çiçek/Anadolu Agency] December 30, 2020 at 1:48 pm
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that the US sanctions imposed on prominent figures in the Turkish defence industries violate his country s sovereign rights.
This came in a press conference yesterday, after Cavusoglu s meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in the Russian city of Sochi, as part of the Turkish official s visit to attend the eighth meeting of the Joint Strategic Planning Group between the two countries.
The Turkish minister announced that Turkey will not retreat from efforts to strengthen its defence industries even with the imposition of US sanctions.
December 19, 2020 at 1:22 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, News, Turkey
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay in Ankara, Turkey on 15 December 2020 [Arda Küçükkaya/Anadolu Agency] December 19, 2020 at 1:22 pm
Turkey is not afraid of the US s unilateral sanctions, the country s vice president said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. As always, we will continue to be on the side of common sense, in line with the interests of our nation. We are not afraid of [US s unilateral] sanction. Turkey does not [need] to be discouraged by any sanction, Fuat Oktay told the lawmakers in his closing speech while debating the 2021 budget in the parliament.