Germany, Turkey move to heal ties

BERLIN - The foreign ministers of Germany and Turkey on Saturday held meeting in the German city of Goslar, in a bid to seek reconciliation after two years of tensions.

Sigmar Gabriel welcomed his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to his hometown of Goslar in north Germany.

At a joint news conference after the meeting, Cavusoglu described Gabriel as a "personal friend", and Germany and Turkey as two "proud" nations, while the German lawmaker announced the revival of a joint economy commission which had been suspended amid the diplomatic spat.