Turkey presents 'new proposal' to EU in Brussels summit
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Turkey has presented a new proposal to EU member states Monday during a summit aimed at solving the worst refugee crisis facing Europe since World War II a Turkish official said Monday.
Speaking to reporters in Brussels on condition of anonymity Turkish officials said the EU-Turkey summit is not only focused on migration but also on Turkey’s EU accession process.
''Turkey’s existence here…[Turkey’s] attendance to the summit is not directly linked to the migration issue'' a Turkish official said.
''We are not here just to talk about the migrants. Turkey’s EU accession is an issue for us here as well'' he added.
The official said that Turkey and the EU want to find a common ground over the refugee crisis.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is in Brussels to meet with EU heads of state.
The EU has pledged to provide 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in aid for refugees hosted in Turkey visa liberalization for Turkish citizens and speeding up of the candidate country's EU accession process.
In exchange the EU is expecting Turkey which hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world to stop asylum seekers and refugees from entering Europe via its neighbor Greece.
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