ANKARA - A group of the Party of European Socialist (PES) members is scheduled to pay a visit to Turkey on October 7th-10th, Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan told a press conference on Friday.
PES`s Higher Council Group for Turkey, headed by Finnish Parliament Speaker Paavo Lipponen, is expected to hold talks with Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, Justice Miniter Cemil Cicek and chief negotiator for EU talks and State Minister Ali Babacan after concluding its contacts in the western city of Izmir.
Among the members of the group are Swedish Health and Social Services Minister Morgan Johansson, former Greek Foreign Minister and PASOK Chairman George Papandreou and former Austrian Foreign Minister Casper Einem.
The delegation is expected hold talks on Turkey-EU relations as well as other developments concerning current European issues.