Statement: Joint Statement following the High-Level Political Dialogue between the EU and Turkey

A meeting of the EU-Turkey High Level Political Dialogue was held in Ankara on 25 January 2016.

The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini and the European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn met with Turkey's minister of foreign affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and the minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator Ambassador Volkan Bozkır.

During the meeting, Ms Mogherini expressed confidence that Turkey would soon receive a package of €3 billion for mainly Syrian refugees, despite a delay of almost two months since the funds were agreed.

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