Turkey’s calling in embassy diplomat quite normal: Germany

‘Germany has rejected claims about heightened tensions with Turkey over a pro-Turkish rally in the city of Cologne after Ankara called in a high-ranking German diplomat.
Martin Schaefer, spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry, said Monday that it was quite normal for the Turkish Foreign Ministry to invite a diplomat of the German embassy.
“That happens in Turkey… That happens too in Berlin. Therefore that is not unusual,” Schaefer said, adding, “In the day-to-day dealings between countries, it is a daily event — normal for a representative of a country to be called in to the Foreign Ministry of his host country.”’
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