Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Turkey's EU Minister Ömer Çelik will come together with foreign ministers of EU countries at the Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Estonia this week, his office announced on Sept. 5.

Çelik's meeting with top EU diplomats comes at a time when Germany had announced it will discuss suspending or ending Turkey's accession negotiations with the EU in an October meeting. 

Turkey's EU Minister Ömer Çelik will hold talks with the foreign ministers of EU countries at an informal meeting this week, following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's announcement that she plans to ask for the suspension or ending of Ankara's bid to join the EU at the European Council in October. 

Turkey has said Myanmar will allow it to deliver 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Rohingya Muslims, after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the phone over the ongoing tragedy that has affected tens of thousands of civilians in southern Myanmar. 

Turkey has warned Myanmar that ongoing attacks against the Rohingya can turn into a serious humanitarian crisis, expressing deep concerns and outrage on the ongoing incidents in the region and calling on the government to show utmost sensitivity and caution not to harm civilians. 

Turkey's European Union membership accession talks will continue, said EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday, underlining Ankara's role as a partner in the region.

"We are continuing to talk with Turkey," Mogherini said in the northwestern Slovenian town of Bled, where she came for the 2017 Bled Strategic Forum.

Turkey's European Union membership accession talks will continue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Sept. 4, underlining Ankara's role as a partner in the region.     
   
"We are continuing to talk with Turkey," Mogherini said in the northwestern Slovenian town of Bled, where she came for the 2017 Bled Strategic Forum.
        

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sept. 2 dismissed Berlin's reaction to the arrest of German citizens in Turkey, local media have reported, a row which is worsening the nations' already fraying ties.

"When we arrest [a coup plotter] Germany starts to get upset. But what are we supposed to do?" Çavuşoğlu said.

Turkey has called on the United Nations to play a more dynamic role against the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state. 

"The United Nations should be more active in this issue," Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters on Sept. 1 after performing Eid al-Adha prayers at the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. 

Turkey continued to push for rapid international action regarding the suffering of the Rohingya Muslims, an ethnic minority community in Myanmar, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan having a phone conversation with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the issue on Aug. 30.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has continued diplomatic efforts for the immediate international action regarding the suffering of the Rohingya Muslims, an ethnic minority community in Myanmar. He has had phone conversations with the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia and Qatar.