European foreign ministers on Monday reached an agreement on the terms of launching accession talks with Turkey. The breakthrough came after hours of negotiations led by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in Luxembourg.
The crisis erupted due to Austrian objections to giving Turkey full EU membership.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Gul is now set fly to Luxembourg for the ceremony marking the start of Ankara's accession negotiations.
Turkey was scheduled to start the talks at 5:00 p.m. Luxembourg time but they were postponed over the Austrian objections.
