The Foreign Minister of the European Union will discuss the relationship between Turkey and the EU on July 20 in Brussels.
At the upcoming ministerial meeting in Brussels, along with other important issues of the agenda, relations between Turkey and the European Union will be discussed.
A senior official in the EU, who wished to remain anonymous, told in an interview with Anadol that relations with Turkey remains one of the most important issues for the European Union. According to him, despite the fact that the process of joining Turkey into the EU is temporarily suspended, it is still a candidate country.
The source recalled that at the last EU summit, the leaders of the countries asked the head of European diplomacy by Josep Boar to prepare a report on Turkey. At the meeting on Thursday, a preliminary exchange of views on this report will be held.
– the EU supports the UN and Turkey on the issue of “grain transaction”
The European Union intends to continue cooperation with the UN and Turkey on the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
EU officials express the full support of the intermediary efforts of the UN and Turkey to continue the “grain transaction”.
– EU ministers can discuss Turkey with Blinken
US Secretary of State Anthony Biginen will take part in the meeting of EU foreign ministers in a video conference format.
The parties intend to discuss, together with Blinken, cooperation with Turkey, in particular, the situation after the decision of Ankara at the request of Sweden to join NATO.