The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassadors of the USA, Germany, France, Italy and some other countries, who announced that they had closed their consulates in Istanbul on the grounds of a security threat, and were told that the security of the diplomatic missions had been violated. provided by contracts, and this approach is unreasonable. It has been reported DEA News With reference to a resource in the Turkish section.
According to him, the ambassadors of the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, England and Belgium were also summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All have issued security alerts and/or temporarily closed some diplomatic and consular offices in Turkey.
“It was reminded that the security of all diplomatic missions in our country is ensured on the basis of international agreements,” the source said.
The source emphasized that “such actions are not a proportional and reasonable approach and serve the insidious plans of terrorist organizations”.
Former ruling party spokesman Ömer Çelik commented The closure of the consulates of some European countries, allegedly due to the threat of terrorist attacks in Istanbul.
Prior to this, the Swedish, Dutch, British, French and German consulates general in Istanbul announced that they had stopped accepting visitors due to the threat of terrorist attack in the city center.
Source: Gazeta
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