Türkiye eyes improved ties with EU during Irish presidency
Serkan Demirtaş - ANKARA
Türkiye hopes for a reset with the European Union during the upcoming Irish presidency — after a six-month deadlock with the Greek Cypriot presidency — and views the visit by three senior EU officials to Ankara as an indication of the importance of bilateral ties for Brussels, Turkish diplomatic sources have said.
Sources recalled that Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will meet with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and two European commissioners, including Marta Kos, the commissioner for enlargement, and Magnus Brunner, the commissioner for internal affairs and migration on June 30 in the Turkish capital.
Kos is also expected to hold separate meetings with Treasury Minister Mehmet Şimşek, Transportation Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu and Trade Minister Ömer Bolat. In addition, Türkiye-EU high-level economic dialogue meeting will be held on July 2 in Istanbul under the leadership of Minister Şimşek and EU’s Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.
