UK SUPPORTS TURKEY’S BID TO EU
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.09.2007 15:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Britain’s new Foreign Secretary David Miliband on
Wednesday reaffirmed London’s support for Turkey’s bid to join the
European Union and also urged the Muslim country to play a bigger
role in the Middle East.
"It is the absolute determination of the new (British) government led
by Gordon Brown that we will continue to play that role (of championing
Turkey’s EU bid)," Miliband told a joint news conference with Turkish
Foreign Minister Ali Babacan.
"Shared institutions matter a lot and we want the European Union to be
a shared institution of which Britain and Turkey are full and equal
members," said Miliband, who took up his job after Brown replaced
Tony Blair as prime minister in July.
"We are grateful to the UK for the support and policy towards
Turkey. We will continue the process of reforms provided by the process
of European integration," said Ali Babacan, who is also Turkey’s EU
chief negotiator, Reuters reports.