Turkey is expected to approve an Oct. 4 visit by German lawmakers to the Incirlik military air base next week after the arrival of a new Turkish envoy to Germany, ending a dispute that jeopardised Germany's continued use of the base, a senior lawmaker said, Reuters reported.
"I expect that the issue will be resolved next week," said Rainer Arnold, defence spokesman for the Social Democrats in parliament, echoing hopeful but less specific comments made by senior German officials last week.
The news, first reported by the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, comes after efforts by Germany to mend fences with Ankara and a meeting was held on Saturday between the European Union's 28 foreign ministers and a senior Turkish official in Bratislava.
