The European Union must ensure that Turkey will receive visa-free entrance for its citizens, otherwise, the agreement will be postponed migrants - said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in an interview with the German newspaper "Bild". Cavusoglu was asked by German newspaper journalists will Europe face again the thousands of immigrants if Turkey does not receive a guarantee the abolition of visas. The Minister said that talks are still continuing, but "it is clear that either both sides adopt agreements at the same time, or there will be no outcome."
According to the Turkish Minister, "Turkey worked as no country before to fulfill the conditions for admission to the EU." Visa-free access of Turkish nationals to the EU is the main reward for Ankara for help in stopping illegal immigration across the Aegean Sea to Greece - visa-free travel was delayed because of the reaction of the Turkish authorities to the coup attempt of July 15.
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