DESPITE EVERYTHING TURKEY INTENDS TO CONTINUE EU INTEGRATION PROCESS

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.12.2006 16:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will continue the EU integration process,
despite European Union’s decision to partially freeze the talks with
Ankara, stated Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. In his words,
EU’s decision to freeze the talks with Ankara contradicts the spirit
of Turkey-European Union relations.

"We have not refused from the goal to enter the EU and are full of
determination to move forward through this way. We are aware of our
shortcomings and do all necessary things to remove them," underlined
Gul. On his opinion, the EU experiences crises and some of its members
have ‘confusion in the head’.

"The Cyprus issue, which is a stumbling block in Turkey-EU relations,
must be solved in UNO and not in the European Union. The universal
solution of the Cyprus issue is possible to ensure only in UNO,"
underscored the Turkish Foreign Minister, RIA Novosti reports.