18-07-2016 01:03 via news.yahoo.com

EU ministers meet on Turkey, facing perfect storm

By Alastair Macdonald and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European foreign ministers will urge Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to respect the law and human rights in dealing with defeated coup plotters but have limited leverage over their strategic neighbor. Diplomats said an EU line on Turkey would be agreed after ministers breakfast in Brussels with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. What was to be a routine if busy meeting, to address before the summer break such simmering crise
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