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Turkey says will not submit to "impositions" from United States in visa crisis

Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday Ankara would not submit to "impositions" from the United States to resolve a feud which has seen the two NATO allies stop issuing visas to each other's citizens.

 

However, President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman struck a more positive tone, saying he expected the crisis to be resolved soon following the arrival in Turkey of a US delegation for talks on repairing bilateral ties.

 

Earlier this month Washington suspended visa services after Turkey detained two Turkish nationals employed as US consular staff. They are being held on suspicion of links to last year's failed coup in Turkey, allegations rejected by Washington.

 

Ankara swiftly retaliated by suspending its own visa services in the United States, a move that hit the Turkish lira and stocks and unnerved investors.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.18.17, 18:02