EU calls for ‘responsible cooperation’ with Turkey over migration as bloc seeks to build relations with Ankara

Speaking after a meeting

Speaking after a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel said that the EU is ready to work with Turkey to address migration issues. 

Standing alongside Ursula von dear Leyen, the President of the European Commission, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after what the group described as a “marathon European Council” meeting, Michel made the outreach to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The bloc had been meeting to discuss, among other things, EU-Turkish relations, with the member states agreeing to offer a “positive agenda” with Turkey, working closer on economic, trade and migration matters. 

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