Omer Celik

Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik on Thursday dismissed a European Parliament vote in favour of freezing accession talks with Ankara as "null and void" and not to be taken seriously.

The European Union and Turkey tested the waters for a political rapprochement today with a first meeting between the bloc's 28 foreign ministers and a senior Ankara official after a failed coup in July strained their uneasy ties.

Fears are mounting in the European Union that its months-old pact with Turkey to curb migrant flows could collapse as a rift deepens over Ankara's crackdown following a failed coup.

Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik on Thursday dismissed a European Parliament vote in favour of freezing accession talks with Ankara as "null and void" and not to be taken seriously.

The European Union and Turkey tested the waters for a political rapprochement today with a first meeting between the bloc's 28 foreign ministers and a senior Ankara official after a failed coup in July strained their uneasy ties.

Fears are mounting in the European Union that its months-old pact with Turkey to curb migrant flows could collapse as a rift deepens over Ankara's crackdown following a failed coup.