37 minutes agoEU Accepts Meeting with Erdogan, Despite Bad Reports
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Senior European Union officials will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Bulgaria on March 26th to discuss relations between the EU and Turkey, but also regional and international issues, a European Union spokesman said on February 6th. Meeting in the town of Varna will take place in a [...]
The meeting in the town of Varna will take place on a challenge of hostility between Turkey and the bloc. Diplomats in Brussels agreed that the meeting was only agreed with reluctance by some on the part of the EU.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said he will welcome Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EU leader Donald Tusk for a lunch, as well as European Commission leader Jean-Claudie Juncker, reports “Hurriyet”, the Periscopi broadcast.
“This will be a good opportunity for all common issues to be addressed in the development of countries, including a country where order and law is strategic for freedom, which remain essential for the structure and prospects for EU-Turkey relations,” is said to be inviting two EU officials to Erdogan.
Ties between Ankara and the EU have begun to deteriorate since 2016 and the political explosion between Turkish and European leaders from Germany and the Netherlands./Periscopi/
