VIENNA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Neither Austria nor the EU has an interest in escalating the current dispute with Turkey, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz said Tuesday.
Austria Press Agency reported Kurz's comments during a meeting with Bulgarian counterpart Radi Naidenov in Vienna.
Kurz said respect is however needed concerning the rules in individual member states, and what they choose to allow or not, in light of plans by Turkish officials to campaign for the votes of Turkish nationals living in the EU.
"We are hopeful that Turkey will accept and respect our stance, that Austria does not want election campaigning from Turkish officials," he added.
Naidenov, for his part, was more reserved on how he saw the position of countries on the issue, saying only that "I place emphasis on good cooperation and dialogue".
