It has been announced that German Prime Minister will visit Turkey on Wednesday, October 12 to meet with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. German spokesperson Bela Anda said that PM Schroeder wanted to signal his support for the start of Turkish-EU accession talks by timing his visit at this juncture. Anda also noted that full membership was the goal for the accession talks, and that a vote from all of the countries in the EU showed that all the member countries were obligated to back this goal.