Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the message that Turkey and the USA agreed to inform Ankara about the plans of the American side to impose sanctions on the republic due to the cooperation of its companies with the Russian Federation.
“We have nothing to comment, this is the Turkish-American relationship. We are improving our relations with Turkey and consider these sanctions illegal,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
Hürriyet newspaper reportedIt was stated that the USA and Turkey agreed that from now on, the American side should first notify Ankara and request information before imposing sanctions on Turkish businesses suspected of violating anti-Russian sanctions.
Now Americans will be the first to report to the republic companies that allegedly work with Russian enterprises despite the restrictions imposed on them and request information about this.
Volkan Demir, deputy chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s largest opposition party, at the beginning of March stated In his interview with Aydınlık newspaper, he said that maintaining commercial relations with Russia under the conditions of heavy sanction pressure from the USA could bring great difficulties to Ankara.
Previously USA extended List of anti-Russian sanctions