DURING THREE YEARS TURKEY-EU NEGOTIATIONS WILL UNDERGO ANNUAL EXAMINATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.12.2006 18:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU partially freezes negotiations with
Turkey. Besides EU Foreign Ministers’ decision about halting the
negotiations with Ankara on 8 of 35 subjects, also an agreement was
adopted to expose to annual examination the process of talks during
the upcoming three years. According to some representatives of European
countries, the partial delay of negotiations on Turkey’s bid to enter
the European Union is unacceptable. They say, that the talks should
be frozen only on 8 of 35 subjects. The other part of states, at the
head of the Netherlands and Greece, insisted on tougher measures and
wanted to halt the talks on 10 subjects.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bernd Bot thinks that Turkey should begin
the fulfillment of Customs protocol directions. In his part the
Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn warned the EU of
open dispute with Turkey. He thinks, that Europe should not permit
one more strained summit as in 2004. "I think, the current debates
concern not only Turkey, but also the trustful attitude towards the
EU. We should show that the European Union is not only a community of
national interests. It is very important for us how we are accepted,"
reports Deutsche Welle.