Britain's May urges Turkey to maintain rule of law, human rights

ANKARA: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday urged Turkey to maintain the rule of law and observe its human rights obligations in the wake of the July 15 failed coup.

Speaking after talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, May said she was "proud" Britain had stood with Turkey's democratically-elected government when the coup struck.

"Now it is important that Turkey sustains that democracy by maintaining the rule of law and upholding its international human rights obligations, as the government has undertaken to do," she said.