Public Radio, Armenia
Dec 1 2006

Namik Tan: The instructions to suspend EU-Turkey talks were hasty
01.12.2006 16:29

Press Secretary of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Namik Tan
characterized the instructions of the European Commission to suspend
the talks with Turkey as hasty and `dictated by a number of visible
and invisible reasons.’ He underlined that no decision was taken,
there were only instructions.
According to Namik Tan, `these are not objective and were adopted in
the conditions of negative conjuncture in Europe, which often hampers
the fair approaches.’ `There are hasty actions, absence of field for
diplomacy and application of means of political pressure,’ he said.
Tan noted that Turkey does not intend to involve into dispute with
the European Union. `The main purpose of Turkey are the modifications
that will correspond to the people’s interests,’ he said.