Turkey on Thursday slammed remarks by US President Donald Trump after he threatened the country with sanctions unless Ankara releases a detained American pastor, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
“No one dictates to Turkey. We will never tolerate threats from anybody. The rule of law is for everyone, no exceptions,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu tweeted.
“Nobody can threaten or command Turkey. The use of threats against Turkey is unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy also said on Thursday.
“The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson,” Trump tweeted on Thursday.
Brunson was transferred to house arrest on Wednesday after being detained in the Aegean province of İzmir in December 2016. He was charged with spying for “terrorist groups.”
Earlier, US Vice President Mike Pence in a tweet threatened to impose “significant sanctions on Turkey until this innocent man of faith is free.”
from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/07/26/no-one-dictates-to-turkey-fm-on-trumps-sanction-threat/
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