UK to help Ankara ‘in any way’ to join EU, Boris Johnson says on first post-Brexit visit to Turkey

‘The UK will “help Turkey in any way” to join the EU despite Britain’s own decision to leave the bloc, British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has said, stepping away from the anti-Turkish rhetoric he used during the pro-Brexit campaign.
“We may be leaving the European Union but we are not leaving Europe. And Britain… will help Turkey in any way,” he said on Monday, arriving on his first official visit to Turkey as British Foreign Secretary, as cited by AFP. Johnson is scheduled to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday.
The British Foreign Secretary promised that the UK would stand “shoulder-to-shoulder with Ankara,” stressing Turkey had a “vital role to play” in the global arena, during a joint press conference with Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik.’
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