German Foreign Affairs Minister Guido Westerwelle speaks during a joint news conference with his Afghan counterpart Zulmai Rasoul at the Presidential Palace in Kabul June 8, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmad Jamshid/Pool
DOHA (Reuters) - Germany and Turkey's foreign ministers met on Saturday for an "intensive exchange of opinions" in a row over Angela Merkel's criticism of a crackdown on protesters in Turkey and her reluctance to see the country join the European Union.
Germany and Turkey on Friday summoned each other's ambassadors for a tit-for-tat reproaches after Merkel said she was "appalled" by Ankara's response to the protests, and a Turkish cabinet minister accused her of blocking Turkey's accession to the EU because she was "looking for domestic political material for her elections".
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