"Last meeting Turkey-EU before December EU summit, vital for accession talks 21/11/2004
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul travels to the Netherlands, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, on Wednesday for a final ministerial meeting before the EU summit on December 17 that will decide whether to open accession talks with Ankara. The European 'troika' -- comprised of the current and future presidency, Luxembourg, and the European Commission -- and Turkey meet twice a year but all parties have stressed the importance of Wednesday's meeting. "
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