Addressing via videoconference AK Party’s provincial heads, President Erdoğan, about the EU leaders summit, stressed that Turkey’s doors are wide open to all investors, and said: “We have always highly valued European and US investors in our country, providing them with every kind of support. Sanction agendas, imposed with political motivations and without any rational basis, constitute an approach that is harmful to all parties and beneficial to no one.”
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke via videoconference at the party’s extended meeting of provincial heads.
“We have long-standing political and economic relations with the US and the EU which neither party can ever ignore or risk to lose. As Turkey, we haven’t taken any steps against the spirit of these relations, nor will we. We have always highly valued European and US investors in our country, providing them with every kind of support. Sanction agendas, imposed with political motivations and without any rational basis, constitute an approach that is harmful to all parties and beneficial to no one. Nevertheless, I believe that the concrete steps to be taken on these issues will be shaped by common sense and mutual interests with due regard to the power of our potentials. We think we have no issues which cannot be settled through dialogue and cooperation. Likewise, our doors are wide open to all investors and they will always be. We hope the leaderships in the US and Europe can break free of the influence of anti-Turkey lobbies as soon as possible and rather adopt objective and sustainable policies,” the President said with reference to sanctions targeting Turkey.