IN NEW YORK, BABACAN AND CANADIAN FM TALK TURKEY’S EU BID AND BILATERAL TIES

Turkish Press
Turkiye
Oct 2 2007

In the US to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, Foreign
Minister Ali Babacan over the weekend met with his Canadian
counterpart Maxime Bernier. The two discussed a number of topics,
including Turkey’s European Union membership bid and relations between
the two countries. During their meeting, Babacan said that Ankara
was uncomfortable with Canada’s stance on the so-called Armenian
genocide. In related news, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner
is due to arrive in Ankara on Friday to pay an official visit.