The deal was sealed during Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Berlin, where he met with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac.
Sporazum je postignut za vreme posete turskog premijera Redžepa Tajipa Erdogana Berlinu, gde se sastao sa nemačkim kancelarom Gerhardom Šrederom i francuskim predsednikom Žakom Širakom.