Turkey and EU to start technical talks on visa-free travel: Turkish minister

June 01 2016 16:51:14

Turkey and EU to start technical talks on visa-free travel: Turkish minister

ISTANBUL - Reuters

Technical teams from Turkey and the European Union will begin discussions on June 2 on visa-free travel, Turkey's new EU minister Ömer Çelik said on June 1, describing it as an integral part of a wider deal on stemming illegal migration.

At a news conference in Brussels broadcast on Turkish television, Çelik said the readmission and resettlement of migrants and visa liberalisation for Turkish citizens were part of a package and could not be handled in isolation.

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