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Turkey threatens EU with suspending refugee deal if it failes to grant visa-free travel to citizens

Wednesday, 03 August 2016 1:51 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 03 August 2016 6:53 AM ]

Differences over the highly-controversial refugee deal between the European Union and Ankara persist.

Verenia Keet

Press TV, Istanbul

Differences over the highly-controversial refugee deal between the European Union and Ankara persist. Turkey has threatened to back out of the agreement if the bloc doesn’t deliver visa-free travel for Turks. However, Germany says the European Union should not be blackmailed by Ankara.

Verenia Keet has more in this report.

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