Turkish foreign minister due to Brussels for talks with EU officials

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will travel to Brussels on Friday for talks with senior EU officials, Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Davutoglu, as the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe, will meet CoE Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland and EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton at the meeting of "CoE-EU High-Level Dialogue."
The meeting will discuss relations between CoE and EU, as well as relations with Europe’s neighboring regions and regional issues.
During his stay in Brussels, Davutoglu will have another meeting with Ashton to exchange views on Turkey’s EU accession process and regional developments.
Davutoglu is scheduled to have separate meetings with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule, Commissioner for home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom, and Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of Liberal Group in European Parliament.
Davutoglu will also meet Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere to discuss bilateral relations, Turkey’s EU bid and Cyprus, as well as preparations for the UN Conference on Least Developed Countries to take place in Istanbul in May.