Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Ambassador Volkan Bozkır will pay visits to Paris and Brussels to hold official talks

Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Ambassador Volkan Bozkır will pay visits to Paris and Brussels on 3-5 February 2016 to hold official talks.

Minister Bozkır will meet with Harlem Désir, French Secretary of State for European Affairs at a working lunch and with the Members and Chair of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs Committee of the Senate and National Assembly, and address the members of the French Parliament.

Minister Bozkır will also meet with the French businessmen at a dinner hosted by the Turkish Embassy in Paris. Harlem Désir, French Secretary of State for European Affairs will also attend the dinner.

After his Paris visit, Minister Bozkır will visit Brussels to hold official talks with European Commissioners. In Brussels, Minister Bozkır will meet with Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission's Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, and with Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development.

Minister Bozkır will also meet with Turkish citizens living in Belgium at a meeting held by the Belgium Office of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD).