ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Dutch Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Economic Affairs Laurens Jan Brinkhorst in Ankara on Tuesday.
Erdogan and Brinkhorst affirmed that they share common views that Turkey should pursue EU membership process with patience and determination.
Sources said that the two ministers also discussed what can be done to boost mutual trade volume.
Brinkhorst told Erdogan that Turkey and the Netherlands can together overcome obstacle before Turkey regarding its relations with the EU.