OLLI REHN: SARKOZY’S POLICY MAY RESULT IN COLLISION OF CIVILIZATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.06.2007 17:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn
has warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy regarding his stance on
Turkey’s membership. "If you block Turkey’s membership to the European
Union, you will cause a clash of civilizations," said Rehn. He also
underlined a clash of civilizations between the West and Islam would
be the "consequence" if Nicolas Sarkozy succeeds in blocking Turkey’s
European Union membership.

"Turkey’s accession to the European club is the defining geopolitical
issue of the 21st century. The greatest challenge of our time is the
relationship between Europe and Islam, or more widely between the
West and Islam. Turkey is an anchor of stability in the most unstable
region of the world, in the wider Middle East. It is a benchmark for
democracy for the Muslim world from Morocco to Malaysia," Rehn said,
Daily Telegraph Newspaper reports.