ANKARA: Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Ankara welcomed the trade deal reached between Britain and the European Union.
“Turkey, having close relations with the UK in all fields, is also an EU candidate country and in customs union with the EU. We believe that this deal will provide Turkey with new opportunities in terms of its relations both with the EU and the UK,” the ministry said in a statement. “In this context, the preparations for signing of a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and Turkey have also reached its final stage,” it added.
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Turkey welcomes EU-Britain Brexit deal
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Turkey welcomes EU-Britain Brexit deal
- ‘We believe that this deal will provide Turkey with new opportunities in terms of its relations both with the EU and the UK’
Italy temporarily closes embassy in Tehran
- “We have decided for security reasons to temporarily close our embassy in Tehran,” Tajani said
ROME: Rome is temporarily closing its embassy in Tehran and moving staff to Azerbaijan, Italy’s foreign minister said Thursday.
“We have decided for security reasons to temporarily close our embassy in Tehran, and move the personnel to Baku,” Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told journalists at the Senate.
His spokesman confirmed the closure to AFP but stressed Italy “has not broken off diplomatic relations.”
The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on Saturday, prompting it to retaliate across the region.
Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that several explosions were heard in Tehran on Thursday morning.
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