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Turkey and EU should cooperate to promote security
04.08.2007 15:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `The AK Party has achieved a
remarkable electoral victory,’ said Javier Solana, the
High Representative for the Common Foreign and
Security Policy of the European Union.

The results of this crucial election are a resounding
vote of confidence in the path of political and
economic reform and ever-closer relations with the
European Union that the government has followed,
according to him.

`There are many areas in which Turkey and the European
Union will have to work closely together over the
coming months and years. Making sustained progress in
Turkey’s accession negotiations is central to this
challenging agenda. I welcome the stated determination
of Prime Minister Erdogan to achieve Turkey’s European
Union goals, including the reforms needed to make that
happen. Turkey and the European Union should continue
their close cooperation to promote peace and security
around the world, from the wider Middle East, to the
Balkans, the southern Caucasus, Afghanistan and
elsewhere,’ Mr Solana said, Trend reports.