EU-Turkey Association Council meeting

The EU-Turkey Association Council meeting will be held in Brussels on March 15.

The meeting of the Association Council - the highest decision-making body between Turkey and the EU - will take place after an interval of almost four years. The meeting, which is important for the continuation and diversification of institutional dialogue with the EU, will be co-chaired by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ?avu?o?lu and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

Johannes Hahn, the EU's Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, also is expected to attend the meeting.

Regional issues and bilateral relations are expected to be extensively evaluated in the meeting. In this context, issues such as visa liberalization, updates on the Customs Union, the point reached in the EU accession process and the cooperation in the fight against terrorism also are expected to be addressed.