High-level Turkish and EU officials meet in Brussels for the first time since the failed coup in Turkey in 2016, with Ankara's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu calling on Europe for more support for his government's legal reforms
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini and European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn hold a joint press conference after EU-Turkey Association Council meeting is held in Brussels, Belgium on March 15, 2019.
High-level Turkish and EU officials have met in Brussels for the first time since the failed coup in Turkey in 2016. The meeting follows the European Parliament's passage this week of a non-binding report calling for the suspension of Turkey's EU accession talks.The meeting addressed Turkey’s EU accession, political and economic criteria, alignment to EU acquis, visa liberalisation talks, Customs Union and financial cooperation.
Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu used the occasion to call for more support from Europe for his government's legal reforms.
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