Several hours before the Mettlach meeting, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Merkel, urging her not to commit an "historic mistake" by dashing prematurely his country's EU aspirations.
Nekoliko sati prije sastanka u Mettlachu, turski premijer Recep Tayyip Erdogan pozvao je telefonom Merkel i apelirao na nju da ne načini "povijesnu pogrešku" prerano osujećujući napore njegove zemlje za prijam u EU.