SARKOZY REVISED HIS STAND ON TURKEY’S EU BID?

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.09.2007 15:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey-skeptic French President Nicholas Sarkozy
and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Monday to
continue talks on Turkey’s accession to the European Union during a
meeting in New York where the two leaders were present for the United
Nations General Assembly meeting.

The two leaders discussed Turkey’s negotiations with the European
Union and the meeting was productive and comprehensive. No comments
were made to the press after the meeting.

Erdogan is expected to visit France in the coming months in order
to soften Paris’s stance towards Turkey’s EU bid. Known with his
objection to Turkey’s full membership, Sarkozy earlier proposed a
sort of privileged membership for Turkey.

Prime Minister Erdogan held a separate meeting with Portuguese Prime
Minister Jose Socrates who is currently holding the term presidency
of the EU. The two leaders discussed ways to speed up Turkey’s
negotiations with the EU, the Anatolia news agency reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress