Borrell offered Turkey cooperation in the fight against sanctions evasion.

The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, as part of a report prepared for the leaders of the European Union countries on EU relations with Turkey, proposed resuming the high-level dialogue interrupted in 2019 in the Association Council in exchange, among other things, for Ankara’s cooperation in the fight against circumventing European sanctions against Russia.

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“We recommend the resumption of the high-level dialogue within the Association Council, suspended in 2019,” Borrell said during  his press conference.

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He added that Brussels expects Turkey to “maintain calm in the Eastern Mediterranean,” initiatives around the Cyprus settlement, as well as “cooperation to prevent circumvention of sanctions against Russia.”

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Dialogue within the EU-Turkey Association Council was suspended in 2019 in response to drilling in Cypriot territorial waters.