US Ratchets Up Pressure on Turkey Over Ties With Russia
- Erdogan’s close relations with Putin anger Western powers
- Turkey has positioned itself as a mediator in Ukraine war
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US officials have held talks with their Turkish counterparts regarding compliance with financial sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the latest move by the West to pressure Ankara into taking a harder line against Moscow.
A delegation led by Elizabeth Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes at the US Treasury, met counterparts including officials from the Turkish Treasury and Finance Ministry and business groups during a trip to Ankara and Istanbul this week, according to a statement on Wednesday that confirmed an earlier report by Bloomberg News.