Turkey's chief negotiator with the EU Ali Babacan is touring the union's new member states, seeking their support before the bloc agrees its position on the future of Ankara's accession talks.
Starting in Slovakia's capital of Bratislava, Ankara's top EU interlocutor and economy minister visited Estonia on Wednesday (6 December) and is heading for Latvia and Lithuania later this week.
The diplomatic initiative comes days before EU's foreign ministers gather on Monday (11 December)...
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