EU wants to resume relations with Turkey
(VOVWORLD) - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi announced a new plan on Wednesday to restore international relations with Turkey and establish greater cooperation in trade, energy, transportation, and management of migrant flows.
 EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell (Photo:ec.europa.eu) |
The two sides may not see eye to eye on some issues, said Várhelyi, but there are more points of agreement than of division.
Borrell said it’s clear that there have been difficulties in the past concerning the Eastern Mediterranean and trade, but the EU is ready to resume talks on a modernised EU-Turkey customs union, provided Ankara supports efforts to crack down on the avoidance of European sanctions against Russia.