The Turkish government will resume the “Reform Action Group” meetings on Aug. 29, after a three-year break, in a sign Ankara is stepping up efforts to revive ties with the EU, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Stressing that problems in relations between the EU and Turkey are mainly on political issues, rather than technical, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Ankara “prioritizes reform in Turkey’s EU path” and the Reform Action Group will gather in Ankara with the attendance of Turkey’s interior and justice ministers.
Turkey aims to meet certain criteria in the EU path, the foreign minister said. “After the lifting of the state of emergency, our priority is reforms.”
The ministers “will evaluate a road map for reform and action plans,” Çavuşoğlu said Aug. 28, speaking at a joint press conference with his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevicius in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.
“Turkey’s expectation from the EU is very clear. We don’t want any gestures that are not deserved. We just want the ones Turkey deserves and the ones promised,” he said.
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