European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn gestures during a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders will try to reset relations with Turkey at a summit this year with President Tayyip Erdogan, the EU's official in charge of enlargement said, barely a week after Brussels sharply criticised Ankara's human rights record.
Part of a renewed drive to build "a ring of friends" on the EU's borders, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said the EU-Turkey summit due to take place by the end of this year was also likely to seal an accord to curb migration flows into Europe.
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