Babacan will start his tour on Monday with Marseilles where he will be attending the Barcelona Process --Union for the Mediterranean-- foreign ministers meeting.

Babacan will then proceed to Rome, Italy to attend the Turkish-Italian business forum and hold bilateral meetings on Tuesday. He will later go to Czech Republic's capital Prague for bi-lateral meetings with Czech officials on Wednesday.

Finally Babacan will go to London Thursday to meet his British Counterpart David Miliband, and hold bilateral and tete a tete meetings.

Babacan will discuss Turkey's EU bid, as well as, bilateral, and global issues, at his meetings with officials.


BBC