GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR TURKEY’S EU BID

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.02.2009 20:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis has reaffirmed
her country’s support for Turkey’s European Union accession bid,
while, however, stressing that this eventual membership depends on
Turkey’s performance in fulfilling certain criteria.

The Minister’s remarks came during her first visit to the United States
after new U.S. President Barack Obama took office in late January.

"We believe that Turkey’s EU membership has key importance. Greece
gives full support to this and has proven this support in the past
years," Bakoyannis said.

"All candidate countries have to meet certain criteria for membership
in the EU and Turkey is not an exception," she said, highlighting
compliance with good neighborhood relations and international law
among these criteria, the Anatolia news agency reports.