EU countries should refrain from politics that impede the development of relations between Ankara and Brussels.
This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an appeal on the occasion of European Day celebrated on May 9.
“It is extremely important that the EU builds relations with Turkey on the basis of a fair and focused on the result of the approach, avoiding politics and discussions that make our relations to a dead end,” said the Turkish leader.
The Head of State warned that in the face of the “policy of exclusion” in relation to Turkey, which negatively affects the EU, Turkey “without hesitation involves its strategic capabilities and potential”.
The President also stated that the policy pursued by a number of European institutions and countries against the backdrop of a crisis in the gas sector “” shook faith in European values. “