The Turkish Foreign Affair Ministry on Tuesday rejected the notion of European Union sanctions on Turkey over its drilling for gas in disputed eastern Mediterranean waters, pledging instead to send yet another ship to the area. During their meeting in Brussels on Monday , European Union foreign ministers approved a new batch of sanctions against Turkey. In their statement, they said that in light of Turkey’s “continued and new illegal drilling activities,” the EU was suspending talks on an air transport agreement and would call on the European Investment Bank to “review” its lending to the country. Meanwhile, ministers of the EU members backed a proposal by the EU’s executive branch to reduce financial assistance to Turkey for the next year. The EU decision was followed by a swift response from Turkey. “Our country will continue to protect both its own rights and the rights of Turkish Cypriots with […]