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Mevlut Cavusoglu: "European Parliament decision had no validity for Turkey"

25 November 2016 04:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. "The European Parliament decision had no validity for Turkey", - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Anadolu Agency, APA reports quoting AA.

"Essentially, the decision humiliates the European Parliament and the European Union," he said. "The European Parliament brought its credibility to ground with this decision."

Cavusoglu said the U.K. had exited from the EU due to the bloc's lack of vision and esteem.

"The EU should [...] learn lessons from its mistakes as soon as possible," he added. "If they want to bring Turkey to its knees with these kind of decisions, this is useless."

Note that European Union lawmakers called on Nov. 24 for a temporary halt to EU membership talks with Turkey because of Ankara's "disproportionate" reaction to July 15 failed coup attempt, although EU governments are unlikely to take heed.