EU leaders mandated on Friday the bloc’s international coverage chief to attract a brand new report on EU-Türkiye relations primarily based on “strategic and forward-looking” rules.
The 27 EU heads of state and authorities, who attended a two-day summit in Brussels, invited Josep Borrell and the European Commission to submit a report “on the state of play of EU-Türkiye relations” within the gentle of the current normal and presidential elections in Türkiye.
The doc should construct “on the instruments and options identified by the European Council, and with a view to proceeding in a strategic and forward-looking manner,” the summit’s conclusion mentioned.
The EU leaders additionally known as for a “speedy resumption of negotiations” below the UN framework for locating a “comprehensive settlement for the Cyprus problem.”
They reaffirmed the “EU membership perspective of the Western Balkans” however warned {that a} “failure to de-escalate tensions” in northern Kosovo “will have negative consequences” for each Kosovo and Serbia.
The EU summit additionally endorsed the bloc’s new China technique introduced by EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen final month that builds on “de-risking but not de-coupling.”
The EU and China will “continue to be important trade and economic partners” whereas the bloc will thrive for commerce and financial relationship, which “is balanced, reciprocal and mutually beneficial.”
They additionally vowed to proceed decreasing “critical dependencies and vulnerabilities, including in its supply chains.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
