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Merkel about Turkey: Unacceptable to Use Refugees for Political Purposes

July 1, 2020

By Athens News Agency

(Odd Andersen/Pool via AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a press conference following a meeting with international economic and financial organisations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday May 20, 2020 on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. (Odd Andersen/Pool via AP)

BERLIN — The events that took place at the borders of Greece and Turkey in Evros earlier in the year, with Turkey using refugees to carry out its politics, "must not be allowed to happen again," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.

Responding to a question by a Greens MP, Merkel said that the EU needs a cohesive strategy in its relations with Turkey, which must on the other hand also be criticized for its human rights record and for the additional fact that it is drilling off Greece and Cyprus.

Talks among involved parties must restart, she said, with the involvement of France as well.

(ANA-MPA/F. Karaviti)

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