CEMIL CICEK: TURKEY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EU

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
26.05.2009 14:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will not be a burden for the EU, Turkish
Deputy Prime Minister said.

"The EU may be an economic power without Turkey, but it cannot be a
strategic power. Turkey is an opportunity for the EU. They [European
leaders] are first saying this and later that. They should keep their
promises. We stand by our words and expect them to do the same,"
said Cemil Cicek, government spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister.

Cicek said Turkey is pushing forward with new reforms to fulfill its
aspirations for full EU membership.

"We are enacting legislation about the EU. We are working on a plan
to fight corruption. The Justice Ministry will have the final say on
these plans. There may be points lacking in our plans or objections
against them. The union will take the Justice Ministry as an addressee
in these plans," Cicek said, Today’s Zaman reported.