BRUSSELS
Turkey's EU Minister Egemen Bagis and Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, discussed opening chapters into negotiations during Turkey's EU membership talks.
Following the meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Hahn said they discussed to open regional policies chapter into negotiations, and he was very optimistic about it.
Bagis also said that no chapters had been opened to negotiations with Turkey for the past 2.5 years, but this would change with opening regional policies chapter.
Bagis expressed hope that the regional policies chapter would be opened to negotiations in June.
Turkish ministers meet EU commissioner in Brussels
Bagis and Minister of Labor & Social Security Faruk Celik also met with Laszlo Andor, EU commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, in Brussels.
They discussed opening social policies chapter heading to negotiations in Turkey's EU membership process.
Bagis told reporters that an EU delegation would pay a visit to Turkey in the end of April, and expressed hope that social policies chapter heading would be opened to negotiations in the second half of this year.
