European Union governments agreed on Monday to limit arms exports to Turkey over...
LUXEMBOURG - European Union governments agreed on Monday to limit arms exports to Turkey over its offensive in northern Syria, stopping short of a bloc-wide embargo on a NATO ally.
With a host of other countries including the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden halting such exports, the EU’s collective position was mainly aimed at avoiding a legally-binding embargo on Turkey, a longtime candidate to join the bloc. In their statement after a four-hour-long debate in Luxembourg, ministers agreed to “commit to strong national positions regarding their arms export policy to Turkey.”
The EU exported 45 million euros worth of arms and ammunition to Turkey last year, including missiles, according to EU statistics office Eurostat, with Italy the main vendor, followed by Spain, Britain and Germany. Hungary has refused to take in people fleeing Syria’s eight-year-old civil war and blocked an EU statement last week criticizing Turkey, two diplomats said.
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