BRUSSELS, July 18 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini here on Monday called for the full observance of Turkey's constitutional order.
"We, as the European Union, stress the importance for the rule of law prevailing in the country," she said at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is here to attend a meeting with EU member states' foreign ministers on the sidelines of the ongoing EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.
According to the council's agenda, the foreign ministers were scheduled to discuss EU-U.S. relations and exchange views on the most pressing foreign policy issues. Ministers were also scheduled to discuss the situation in Turkey.
An attempted coup d'etat took place in Turkey on Friday, leading to the deaths of nearly 300 people. Thousands of coup plotters were arrested in the aftermath of the failed coup.
