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Turkey urges EU to revive stalled negotiations on Ankara joining bloc

Turkey today urged the European Union to revive stalled negotiations on Ankara joining the bloc, saying without it Europe was incomplete.<br/><br/>Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, speaking at the opening of an ambassadors meeting, said he wanted more chapters in the accession talks to be opened by lifting artificial obstacles to the EU membership.<br/><br/>A chapter is a specific area of negotiation, ranging on issues from human rights to economic cooperation. Cavusoglu did not specify which chapters he meant.<br/><br/>He also said Turkey expects visa liberalisation for Turkish citizens to be provided immediately, a reference to EU commitments on visa-free travel for about 80 million Turkish citizens made in March under an EU-Ankara agreement to address the issue of migrants entering Europe

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