ITALY VS. "FRANCO-GERMAN" ALLIANCE ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.12.2006 13:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Italy gives you a guarantee of full support in
negotiations for European Union membership," said Italian Foreign
Minister Famiano Crucianelli in Ankara during his meeting with Turkish
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. In his words, Prodi’s statement that
"there is no change in Italian policy on that subject" was interpreted
by Ankara to mean support from Rome for the so-called "Franco-German"
alliance against Turkish EU membership. Famiano Crucianelli said
that the Italian Prime Minister Prodi was misunderstood, the Hurriyet
reports.