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EU agrees sanctions against Turkey for drilling off Cyprus
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Europe...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... an Union officials on Monday agreed political and financial sanctions against  ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...after Ankara went ahead with drilling operations off Cyprus despite repeated warnings, European diplomats said. "The conclusions on Turkey have been adopted and they will be made public in the coming hours," the EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told news hounds after a meeting with members states’ foreign ministers. The details are not due to be published until 10:00 pm (2000 GMT), but the most serious measure is understood to be a cut of 145.8 million euros ($164 million) in the European funds allocated to Turkey for 2020. The European Investment Bank has been asked to revisit the conditions set out for providing financial support to Ankara, according to several European sources. The EU is also expected to downgrade its dialogue with Turkey, without cutting it off completely. And one senior European diplomat added: "It has not be ruled out that targeted sanctions be adopted at some time or other." The EU last month warned Turkey it could face sanctions if it did not cease what the bloc called "illegal" drilling in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone. Last week, diplomats began discussing what measures to impose. Posted by: Fred 2019-07-16 |
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