SWEDEN EXTENDS FULL SUPPORT FOR TURKEY’S MEMBERSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.05.2009 18:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sweden, which will take over the rotating presidency
of the European Union (EU) from Czech Republic as of July 1, is
extending full support for Turkey’s EU bid, Secretary General Maria
Asenius announced in Stockholm. Speaking about Turkey’s efforts towards
EU integration, she noted that Turkey was a strategically important
country for the union, however, it should carry on with implementing
reforms. Turkish Today’s Zaman newspaper quotes the Swedish official
as saying that solution of the Cyprus issue will be a remarkable
progress in Turkey’s ongoing negotiation process with EU.