EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU Council President Charles Michel, holds a video conference call with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -on screen- in Brussels on March 19, 2021.
On Thursday, a top EU official told Anadolu Agency that at the meeting, top EU officials will seek to boost cooperation and develop a mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey, a candidate for membership in the bloc. He added that he told the bloc’s leaders that a report on Turkish-EU relations to be submitted to the summit should reflect objective, constructive views on the future of Turkey-EU ties.
Realistic options for the Cyprus issue must be discussed instead of models proven to be ineffective to both sides on the island, Erdogan said, according to the statement, referring to proceeding now on the basis of two sovereign states. Michel and von der Leyen also discussed a possible visit to the Turkish capital Ankara after next week’s EU summit.EU summit, 2016 migrant deal
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