Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu late Monday had a Twitter spat with his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurtz,newsmedialive.com reports.
Writing about a recent interview that Çavuşoglu gave to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Austrian foreign minister tweeted, "I do not accept Çavuşoğlu's ultimatum and turn it back. The EU cannot proceed with dependencies and must protect its borders."
In the interview, Çavuşoğlu had said, "We will have to take a step back from the readmission deal and March 18 agreement if visa-free travel is not granted to Turkish citizens."
Replying to Kurtz's tweet, Çavuşoğlu said, "Das ist nicht [This is not] ultimatum Sebastian, it is my opinion. Freedom of expression, my friend."