Turkey could suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas : Foreign Minister

Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under the migrant deal with the European Union if the bloc does not give a positive response on visa-free travel for Turks, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday.

In an interview with broadcaster A Haber, Çavuşoğlu said the migrant deal and visa liberalisation were a package, and added it was Turkey's right to re-evaluate or suspend these if one element was not fulfilled.

Çavuşoğlu also said Turkey currently had no issues with Russia and would strengthen cooperation on a ceasefire and political solution in Syria, after a chemical attack carried out by regime forces killed some 100 civilians in opposition-held Idlib province, prompting the United States to launch a missile strike on a Syrian air base.