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The German Foreign Ministry has informed Ankara that the Turkish security officials who were involved in an outbreak of violence during protests near the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC should not come to Germany for G20 summit, Die Welt daily reports.

The ministry “made it clear” to Turkey that those charged in the US over their involvement in the violent incident in the US capital in May should not come to Germany for the G20 summit, which is scheduled to be held in the city of Hamburg on July 7-8, the German daily reported, citing government officials.

Earlier, the Turkish embassy in Berlin handed over a list to German authorities of some 50 persons who were expected to accompany President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the summit. That list contained the names of “several” security officials charged in the US over the embassy brawl, prompting the German Foreign Ministry to take action.

To remind, US police brought charges against 12 Turkish security detail over scuffling with protesters outside the Turkish embassy in DC during Erdogan’s visit to the US on May 16.

Video from that scene showed Erdogan’s bodyguards hitting and kicking protesters who had gathered outside the residence, and getting into scuffles with local police and Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) personnel.