ERDOGAN HOPES THAT SARKOZY NOT TO MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE ONES MADE DURING PROPAGANDA MISSION
Noyan Tapan
May 08 2007
ANKARA, MAY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip
Erdogan congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy on the occasion of being
elected on the post of the President of the Republic of France. He,
particularly, said: "It is the choice of the people of France, and
we ought to pay tribute of our respect to the choice of the French
people." He mentioned that both from the viewpoint of the EU membership
process and from the viewpoint of the Turkish-French relations, it is
Turkey’s wish that statements like the ones Sarkozy made during his
propaganda mission are not made any more in the bilateral relations."
To recap, during the last TV debate with the candidate for president,
Segolene Royal, Sarkozy said that Turkey will in no case become a EU
member during his presidency.