What Ankara is aiming for by means of Fidan's presence on the EU Overseas Ministry session – “We welcome this invitation. We assess it as a quest for dialogue on behalf of the EU”
Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan will attend subsequent week's EU Overseas Ministers' assembly in Brussels, which Ankara hopes will pave the way in which for improved relations with the European bloc, a Ministry spokesman mentioned in the present day.
Spokesman Onju Keceli mentioned Fidan had been invited to attend the August 29 assembly, which Ankara hopes would be the foundation for overcoming the “impasse” that has existed since 2019 within the accession course of, including that the invitation to Turkish Overseas Minister exhibits the EU additionally acknowledges the necessity to enhance relations.
“We welcome this invitation. We assess it as a pursuit of dialogue on behalf of the EU,” Ketseli mentioned, including that cooperation and dialogue with the EU should be carried out on a “steady and systematic” foundation and strengthened in a “sustainable and predictable” means to enhance the relationships.
He added that the EU's optimistic method shouldn’t be restricted to such conferences, saying that Ankara expects “concrete steps” concerning its accession points, the abolition of visas for Turks, talks on modernizing the customs union with the EU and deepening the dialogue on financial, political, transport and vitality points.
Reuters notes that Turkey has good relations with Hungary, which took over the rotating presidency of the EU on July 1, and has mentioned it hopes Budapest's presidency will carry progress on these points.
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