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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Ankara hails visa-free EU travel as step toward membership
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleVisa-free travel for Turkish citizens to the European Union can herald a “new page” in Ankara’s relations with the bloc, Turkey’s foreign minister says, after the European Commission gave conditional backing to the move.
“In addition to being a turning point for visa free travel for our citizens… this decision is a new page in the process ahead of us in relations with the European Union,” Mevlut Cavusoglu tells reporters in Ankara.
He reaffirms Turkey’s longstanding goal to achieve full membership of the European Union, after several years where the process has stalled causing impatience in Ankara.
“Our goal is full membership… We are waiting for the same sincerity from the European Union,” he says.
— AFP
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