EU Commission voices interest in developing mutually beneficial partnership with Türkiye

Published November 29,2023

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The EU Commission on Wednesday stated the EU is serious about growing a “mutually beneficial partnership” with Türkiye.

“The European Union clearly has a strategic interest to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with Türkiye and maintain a stable and secure environment in the eastern Mediterranean,” EU international coverage chief Josep Borrell informed a press convention in Brussels together with European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, the place they introduced a joint report on Turkish-EU relations.

The EU has recognized plenty of attainable choices in the direction of engagement with Ankara, Borrell stated, including that the EU Commission has steered resuming dialogue on updating the Customs Union with Türkiye, in addition to taking extra steps on commerce, funding, migration, and visa liberalization.

Turkish leaders have lengthy pressed for an replace to the Customs Union in addition to for the European Union to maintain its guarantees on visa liberalization made underneath a 2016 pact on irregular immigrants.

The fee additionally proposed “all efforts be taken to bridge the key differences” between Ankara and the EU.