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Turkey has defended Syria’s territorial integrity and the need for a secular framework from the beginning, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Cavuşoğlu

The European Commission in its statement following President Erdoğan’s words that the Readmission Agreement may not be approved, has signaled that they will not step back on visa waiver dispute.

German Chancellor Merkel has spoken of lift of parliamentary immunities, resolution process, visa waiver and refugee crisis, and said that she will convey all her worries as to Turkey to Erdoğan.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu as to visa waiver criteria has called out to the EU as “Are you granting us membership, you are already obstructing it. What you will grant is just visa-free travel Schengen”.

The Minister of EU Bozkır has said that the European Commission must find a new formula for citizens of Turkey to be granted visa waiver.

President Erdoğan has advocated that criteria such as revising especially the Anti-Terror Law have nothing to do with EU visa waiver, yet the need for revising is explicitly stated in Article No. 65.