Turkish FM to meet EU, Dutch officials on membership talks

THE HAGUE, November 11 (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will meet EU and Dutch ministers this month ahead of an EU summit that will decide whether to open membership talks with Ankara, the foreign ministry here said.
The meeting will take place on November 24 and involve EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, and other officials.
European heads of state and government will decide at a December 17 summit whether to give the green light to opening talks with Turkey.
The European Commission recommended last month that accession negotiations should be launched, but set out a series of conditions.

11/11/2004 16:04 GMT - AFP