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 pre sastanka u Metlahu, turski premijer Redžep Tajip Erdogan pozvao je telefonom Merkelovu i apelovao na nju da ne napravi "istorijsku grešku" prerano osujećujući aspiracije njegove zemlje za prijem u EU.