Turkey Vowed on Wednesday to retaliate against a US decision to impose sanctions on two senior ministers over the imprisonment of Pastor Andrew Brunson.

Washington sanctioned Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu over the pastor’s detention. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the two men played leading roles in his 2016 arrest and later detention.

“We call on the US administration to walk back from this wrong decision,” a statement by the Turkish foreign ministry said, calling Washington’s action a “hostile stance”.

Source: Reuters