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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey |
Less
than 48 hours before Thursday's historic EU referendum, it emerged EU members
will meet with Ankara on June 30 to discuss a host of affairs including finance
and budget.
It
comes after the 28-nation bloc pledged to speed up Turkey’s membership talks as
part of a controversial agreement to tackle the migrant crisis.
The
latest announcement will fuel fears EU officials are trying to keep any visa
deal with Turkey secret until after the historic referendum.
Turkey’s
membership of the bloc has been a hot topic of the Brexit debate as critics
press Mr Cameron on whether he would use Britain’s right to veto their entry or
not.
Brexit
supporters have said the UK faces the arrival of millions of Turks if it chose
to stay in the EU.
However,
the Prime Minister said there is no prospect of Turkey becoming a member
anytime soon.
His
comments came after audience member Michael Tindale asked Mr Cameron if he
would “veto the accession of Turkey into the EU”.
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