Press Release: Ninth meeting of the Accession Conference at Ministerial level with Turkey, Brussels, 30 June 2010

The ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference with Turkey at Ministerial level was held on 30 June 2010 in Brussels, following the start of the negotiations on 3 October 2005. The European Union delegation was headed by Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Turkish delegation was led by Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egemen Bağıs, Minister of State for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator and Mehmet Mehdi Eker, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs.