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Turkey expects concrete steps from EU summit: foreign minister

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu address the media during a joint news conference after a meeting in Berlin

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey expects concrete steps to be taken at a European Union summit on Oct. 1-2 regarding issues including the updating of a 2016 migrant deal and customs union with the bloc, as well as visa liberalisation, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.

He was speaking in a televised interview with state-run Anadolu news agency. Tensions have flared between Turkey and EU member Greece over maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean the summit aims to calm the dispute.

(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Daren Butler)