He recalled that the EU promised assistance to Ankara on the issue of refugees from Syria, but did not "keep his word."
“We have long said that we are not obliged to accept so many refugees. You promised us help, but you are not doing anything, and yesterday we opened our borders, ”Erdogan said.
According to the Turkish authorities, up to 30 thousand Syrian refugees are supposedly sent to the EU.
“Already 18 thousand refugees have passed, and today, perhaps, there will be 25-30 thousand, and we will not close our doors. Because the EU must keep its word, ”the Turkish president emphasized.
Earlier, Erdogan announced his intention to break the "blockade of observers" in Idlib.
He warned that his country would not be able to accept "another million refugees who have already accumulated on the border in Idlib."
At the same time, the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the Belligerents in the SAR refuted data on allegedly “hundreds of thousands” of civilians from Idlib who were supposedly heading for the Turkish border.