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Turkish EU minister to visit Brussels for visa-free travel deal talks

Turkey says reformation of anti-terror laws is out of the question

Reuters May 30, 2016

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. PHOTO: AFP

ANKARA: Turkey's minister for European Union affairs will visit Brussels in the coming days for further talks on the country's stalled visa-free travel deal with the bloc, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.

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At a news conference after a cabinet meeting, government spokesman Kurtulmus said Turkey had "pretty much" fulfilled its responsibilities concerning the deal, part of an agreement to halt irregular migration from Turkey to the EU.

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Progress on the visa-free travel deal has been obstructed by the EU's insistence that Ankara reform its tough anti-terror laws. Turkey has said that is out of the question.

COMMENTS (2)

Sid | 8 years ago | Reply This guy encourages Muslim to have more kids and wants visa free travel to EU. EU will be utter foolish to allow such access to Turkey. Within a month most of the Turkish people would have moved to EU and disappear.

Rex Minor | 8 years ago | Reply Progress on the visa-free travel deal has been obstructed by the EU’s insistence that Ankara reform its tough anti-terror laws. Turkey has said that is out of the question. To overcome the impasse the Turkish Government should consider introducing a time limit for the anti terror law more or less similar to what the french Pesident is undertaking in France , reforms by the Presedential order without the parliament oversight. Rex Minor

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