Turkey-Russia agreement not to change refugee policy

By Enes Kaplan

ANKARA (AA) – Turkey and Russia’s agreement on a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province does not require Ankara to change its refugee policy, Turkish presidential sources said Thursday.

“The Russia-Turkey agreement does not require the rollback of changes made to Turkey’s refugee policy and does not change the fact of the European Union’s non-compliance with its promises as part of the 2016 refugee deal,” they said.

“The EU should take the necessary steps in cooperation with Turkey, and not against Turkey, to end the humanitarian crisis in Syria. The agreement reached today showed that leadership diplomacy is

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