GUL VISITS NEW CONSULATE GENERAL BUILDING IN BERLIN
Turkish Press
April 4 2007
BERLIN – Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Abdullah Gul
said Turkey’s worth is well known by all countries and it does not
need marketing.
Gul visited the new consulate general building in German capital
Berlin, accompanied by Turkey’s Ambassador to Germany Mehmet Ali
Irtemcelik. Gul answered questions of Turkish journalists following
his visit.
Upon a question on "why Turkey was not invited to European Union’s
50th anniversary celebration ceremonies" Gul said this has been
discussed a lot, but Turkey looks at its own way, and it has a very
busy schedule. "Everyone is aware of Turkey’s worth" said Gul, adding
"we do not have any intention for marketing ourselves."
Gul said his German counterpart Steinmeier and he discussed bilateral
relations and Turkey-EU relations in their meeting yesterday.
Turkish FM said Armenian draft bill was one of the issues they
discussed. "I talked about this issue during the meeting yesterday
and I assessed it thoroughly. I explained that this issue is open to
exploitation and one has to be very careful about it" said Gul.
On the other hand, Minister Gul called on the Turkish citizens living
in Germany to learn German language. He said this is not only important
for integration with the society, but also this would make life easier
for them.
The new consulate general building, located in the Charlottenburg
district of Berlin, is expected to open into service by the end of
this year.
Following his visit to the consulate building Minister Gul left
for Cologne.