Turkey calls on Canada to review defence industry restrictions


  • World
  • Monday, 12 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks as he gives a joint statement with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell not pictured ahead of a meeting at the EEAS in Brussels Belgium January 21 2021. Stephanie LecocqPool via REUTERSFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks as he gives a joint statement with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (not pictured), ahead of a meeting at the EEAS in Brussels, Belgium, January 21, 2021. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu urged NATO ally Canada on Monday to review defence industry restrictions which it imposed on Ankara last year.

Canada suspended exports of some drone technology to Turkey last October while it probed allegations that the equipment was being used by Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia.

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