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The most important issue affecting Euro-Turkish relations is the Cyprus issue, Borrell said. they will face common challenges, with Cyprus being “the most important issue affecting the relationship”EU – of Turkey, said the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, on Friday morning, before the informal meeting of Defense Ministers in Brussels.
Upon his arrival at the EU Council building, Mr. Borel was asked by a journalist about the discussion that took place in relation to Euro-Turkish at the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers on Thursday, and whether human rights and the issue of freedom and democracy within Turkey were discussed, since political prisoners, mainly Kurds, remain in prisons.
“We discussed everything that matters to our bilateral relations and the geopolitical environment,” noted Mr. Borrell. “We mainly discussed how we can address challenges that affect both of us.” us, and in particular the stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the most important issue that affects our relationship, which is the Cyprus issue” he underlined, adding that “however, we did not get into Turkey's internal issues”.
In the statements of what happened at theinformal meeting on Thursday, Mr. Borel noted that the most important issue is support for training soldiers in Ukraine, and efforts to increase the target, as well as thoughts of creating a coordination center in Kiev. However, as he pointed out, there will be no training of Ukrainian soldiers by Europeans on Ukrainian soil.
Also, he continued, they discussed with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba the delays in the delivery of equipment and ammunition, and he also said that on Friday the EU foreign ministers would continue the discussion with their Ukrainian counterpart.
Regarding the lifting of restrictions on the use of weapons by EU countries against Russian targets, he noted that it was up to each country to decide, but shared his view that it is ridiculous to say that by supporting Ukraine to defend itself by striking targets inside Russia, this means that the EU is at war with Moscow.
On the agenda of Defense Ministers on Friday is also the future and the budget of the EU satellite centre.
