President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the Netherlands was acting like a “banana republic” and should face sanctions for barring Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam, fuelling a row over Ankara’s political campaigning abroad, reports Reuters.
“Ban our foreign minister from flying however much you like, but from now on, let’s see how your flights will land in Turkey,” President Erdogan said at a rally in Istanbul as quoted by BBC. Cavusoglu also warned Turkey would impose heavy sanctions if his visit were blocked.
According to him, if Russia succeeds in having a predictable and understandable Turkey, it can also stem from Armenia’s interests. At the same time the Minister said the Armenian people have sad memories from the past, when the Soviet leaderships signed various agreements with the Turkish authorities.
“Not only has Turkey blockaded Armenia by shutting down the railways and state border, which in our opinion is an anachronism in the 21st century, but it has also adopted a pro-Azerbaijani stance over the Nagorno Karabakh issue,” Sargsyan said.
He mentioned that Erdogan must obey the laws, and Chancellor Merkel must tell him this. The Turkish foreign minister’s event, which was scheduled to take place in Hamburg’s Plaza Event Center, was cancelled, and the FM was forced to deliver a speech in the residence of the Turkish consul.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France; and Richard Hoagland of the United States of America, as well as Personal Representative of the ChairpersoninOfce Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk have arrived in Azerbaijan, APA reported.
“Today Azerbaijan is regularly breaching the ceasefire regime, therefore the Armed Forces of Armenia, the Defense Army of Artsakh are forced to adequately respond to the adversary’s actions and prevent attempts of solving the conflict militarily,” he said.
“They will also be in Artsakh. We must try to continue the process of creating appropriate conditions for negotiations,” Nalbandian said. The FM added first of all events like those that happened in April 2016 must be ruled out.
Five people are reported to have died when a helicopter crashed into a television tower in Istanbul in dense fog.
The representatives of Israel’s Embassy in Azerbaijan visited RussianIsraeli blogger Alexander Lapshin who was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, Lapshin’s lawyer said, the Azerbaijani Trend news agency reported.
