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Turkey says Syria sanctions ready, to announce soon

by Reuters
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 14:00 GMT

ANKARA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday Turkish sanctions against Syria were ready and would be announced after he meets with President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

"Yesterday and today, we worked on the sanctions and discussed our work with the related ministers. Our work is complete and the sanctions are ready, we will announce them after we meet with the prime minister and the president," Davutoglu told a news conference.

He did not specify a time frame. (Reporting by Tulay Karadeniz; writing by Jonathon Burch; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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