German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top European Union officials will visit southern Turkey next weekend in the wake of a deal struck with Ankara to stem migration flows to the bloc.

    Merkel, EU President Donald Tusk and European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans will travel to Gaziantep on April 23, Tusk's office confirmed, saying this was a "follow up" to the agreement reached last month in Brussels.

    Turkey hosts more than 2 million Syrian refugees - more than any other country - with many of them residing in Gaziantep, near the border with Syria.

Source : QNA