Erdoğan says he hopes France will get rid of "Macron burden"
"Macron is trouble for France. With Macron, France is passing through a very, very dangerous period. I hope that France will get rid of Macron trouble as soon as possible," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul.
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- Published Date: 03:38 | 04 December 2020
- Modified Date: 06:41 | 04 December 2020
Ties between Turkey and France have been particularly tense in recent months over policy differences on Syria issue and the Nagorno-Karabkah conflict between Azeri and Armenian sides, and also the publishing of caricatures of Islamophobic French magazine Charlie Hebdo insulting Prophet Mohammad and Islamic values.
"Macron is a burden on France. Macron and France are going through a very dangerous period actually. My hope is that France gets rid of the Macron trouble as soon as possible," Erdoğan stressed in his comments as speaking to reporters in Istanbul.