Catalan MEP denounces Spain’s weapon exports to Turkey
https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/ponsati-denounces-spains-weapon-exports-to-turkey/ Read in Catalan
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Catalan MEP Clara Ponsatí has called on the EU’s high representative for foreign policy, Josep Borrell, to stop Spain from selling arms to Turkey and recalled that the state is the main European arms provider to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime. “This must be stopped by the Commission, Mr Borrell,” she said to the EU foreign minister, who was present at the European Parliament’s plenary session this Wednesday.
Ponsatí made the call in a speech focusing on the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia – centred on Artsakh, also known as the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Weapons that EU members sell to Turkey, she said, are ending up being used in this conflict, which she described as “military aggression against the Armenian people” that “threatens the stability of the whole Caucasus region.”
In this context, Ponsati called on the European Commission to “increase the pressure on Turkey and Azerbaijan” to stop the offensive against the Artsakh Republic. “The conflict can be and will be resolved through constructive negotiation between the parties.”
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