Turkey, EU ready to solve remaining problems on visa-free regime

Next week, the EU will send an expert group to Turkey to solve the remaining problems over the introduction of visa-free regime with Ankara, First Vice-President of the EU Commission Frans Timmermans said.

He made the remarks following a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Minister for EU Affairs Omer Celik, the Turkish news channel Haberturk reported May 27.

"Progress has been reached at the negotiations on the visa-free regime," said Timmermans. "Everyone showed determination to remove the remaining obstacles to introduction of the visa-free regime. We agreed that Turkish and European experts will work together. An EU expert group will head for Ankara the next week to work on this."