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Turkey to suspend EU migration deal if no visa-free travel for Turks -minister

Published: 07 Jun 2016 - 12:13 pm | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 03:12 am
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File photo of Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu 

 

ISTANBUL: Turkey would have to suspend its agreement with the European Union to stem the flow of migrants into the bloc if there is no deal to grant visa-free travel to Turks, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told state broadcaster TRT Haber on Tuesday.

In a live televised interview, Cavusoglu said the German government must make clear its stance is not in line with a German parliament resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a genocide.

Reuters