Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday voiced hope that a difficult period in relations between Turkey and the European Union is now in the past. "I hope that we have left a tough period in the relations between Turkey and Europe behind us," Erdogan said and voiced hope that "a first step was taken here toward restoring trust with Europe." "Only progress on these issues will allow us to improve the EU-Turkey relations, including the accession process," he added. Borissov said that "I think that before the end of our EU presidency (the end of June) another EU-Turkey summit will be held." Erdogan pressed his European leaders to grant Turkish citizens visa liberalization to allow them to travel to certain European countries without visa restrictions.

Source: ABC News March 26, 2018 11:42 UTC