The European Union has been concerned this Sunday that Turkey maintains a close association con Russiain spite of the war in Ukraine and the harsh western sanctions against Moscow. The deepening of economic ties between Turkey and Russia is “reason for great restlessness“said the EU’s foreign policy chief, Joseph Borrellin a letter to the EU Parliament, reported on Sunday Funke Media Group.
Also of concern is Turkey’s continuing policy of “not joining the EU restrictive measures against Russia”, he maintained in the letter. Borrell has indicated, according to this information, that the EU and Turkey form a customs unionwhich guarantees the free movement of goods, which includes “dual-use” goods, goods that can be used for civil and military purposes. “It was important that Turkey did not offer Russia any solution to the sanctions,” Borrell warned.
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The Ankara authorities have been carrying out will gesture to the Kremlin which are closely watched by the West, given that it is a NATO member state and a potential candidate to join the EU, although the accession process has been stalled for some time. In December 2017, Ankara agreed with Moscow to purchase a batch of S-400 missile systems worth $2.5 billion. Immediately the lights came on alarm lights in NATO, and the US agreed to sanctions against the Eurasian country, also expelling it from manufacturing program of the F-15 fighter jet.