German Authorities Say Erdogan's Guards Prosecuted in US Should Not Come to G20

© REUTERS / JOSHUA ROBERTSTurkish security personnel struggle to take a sign away from protesters in front of the Brookings Institute before the arrival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington.
Turkish security personnel struggle to take a sign away from protesters in front of the Brookings Institute before the arrival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington. - Sputnik International
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The German Foreign Ministry warned Turkey that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bodyguards, who are prosecuted in the United States for attacking protesters, should not come with the president to the G20 summit in Hamburg, local media said Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The same idea has been reportedly articulated during a closed session of Bundestag this week, Die Welt reported.

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, with Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham, center, and Brian Ebert, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office, speaks during a news conference in Washington, Thursday, June 15, 2017, about the May 16, 2017, altercation outside the Turkish Embassy in Washington during the visit of the Turkish president - Sputnik International
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Germany's Federal Police Office also warned Ankara that violence from security personnel would not be tolerated.

On May 16, Erdogan's security personnel clashed with Kurdish protesters in the vicinity of the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, during the visit of the Turkish president to the United States. At least nine people were injured and two people were arrested during the brawl.

Videos of the incident showed Erdogan's bodyguards hitting and kicking protesters as the president looked on from his car.

The G20 summit will be held in the German city of Hamburg on July 7-8.

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