The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected the approval of a U.S. congressional resolution condemning the violent fighting that took place outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C. last week.
“The incident that took place in front of the Turkish Ambassador’s Residence during the visit of President Erdoğan to Washington was caused as a result of the refusal of U.S. authorities to take necessary security measures, despite repeated official warnings,” Turkish Ambassador Hüseyin Müftüoğlu said in a statement.
“There is no answer to the question why the U.S. authorities did not take tight security measures in front of the Ambassador’s Residence as they did in other stages of the visit,” he continued.
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