Luxembourg: EU condemns Turkey's operation in northeastern Syria

W/S Federica Mogherini arriving at press conference, Luxembourg
M/S Mogherini at conference
SOT, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: "We have managed to find consensus, so we have a common united European Union position. First of all, on the developments in the north-east of Syria. I imagine you have seen the Council conclusion already. So you have seen that there is a clear condemnation fron the European Union's side of Turkey's military action in the north-east of Syria."
M/S Journalists
SOT, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: "We call for a ministerial meeting of the global coalition because we see as one of the most immediate consequences of these military activities in the north-east of Syria the fact that Daesh [Islamic State] could refind its breathing space inside this territory that worries us enormously. This is direct security threat to the European Union. Not only to the European Union first and foremost to the regional community, so we want to see this tackled in the global coalition format."
M/S Journalists
SOT, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: "There is also a commitment that member states have taken, to have clear strong national positions regarding their arms export policy to Turkey. We have a common position on arms export control and they all committed to apply that framework to their exports of arms to Turkey."
M/S Camerawoman
SOT, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: "There is the agreement between.. among all member states to put in place a framework regime of restrictive measures targeting natural and legal persons responsible for or involved in the illegal drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean."
M/S Journalists
SOT, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: "We reconfirmed to him and obviously through him to all the Ukrainian people the European Union's strong determination to support Ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, our non-recognition policy of the illegal annexation of the Crimea and Sevastopol, as important than that, our determination to continue to fully support Ukraine's reform agenda."
M/S End of news conference
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