Turkey will never bow to the EU Foreign Affairs Council sanctions and pressures declared 'against Turkey's drilling activities in eastern Mediterranean' – Turkey’s vice president
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay speaks during a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of Turkey's Peace Operation on the island of Cyprus.
The European Council published a final declaration on Monday following a meeting of the EU''s Foreign Affairs Council attended by foreign ministers of member states. "We have implemented all the steps that we have always strongly emphasized since the beginning and we will continue to do so," Oktay said referring to Turkey's drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean.
Turkey''s first seismic vessel, the Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa, bought from Norway in 2013, has been conducting exploration in the Mediterranean since April 2017.
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