The United States can recommend Western companies to reduce economic ties with Turkey or leave the country if Ankara concludes a formal economic partnership with Moscow, Politico writes with reference to an unnamed American official.
“We think that Turkey should be a global center of attraction for business and capital, but close relations with Russia will create real risks for the integration of Turkey with the rest of the world,” the US official representative said.
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The publication notes that “if the West can prove that Turkey evades sanctions,” then the United States can even “go even further and turn off Turkey from the dollar” as part of secondary sanctions. The representative of the EU foreign policy, Peter Stano believes that Turkey should not help Russia seek solutions to bypass sanctions, noting that Brussels “carefully monitor the situation,” writes Politico.