TURKEY CONSIDERS TWO-MONTH ACTION PLAN FOR CANADA, SWEDEN TIES

Aug 26 2009
Turkey

Turkish FM Davutoglu held Tuesday bilateral meetings with his Canadian
and Swedish counterparts.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held Tuesday bilateral
meetings with his Canadian and Swedish counterparts on the sidelines of
the ministerial meeting of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP).

In the meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, ways to
revive the relations between the two countries –which was strained
after the tension over the Armenian allegations regarding the events
of 1915- was discussed. The two ministers drafted a two month plan
of action for enhancing relations.

In the meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, chapter
headings in EU negotiations likely to be opened under the Swedish EU
Presidency, and possible obstacles like the Cyprus issue which Turkey
could face, were discussed.

The two ministers also discussed the proposal for: assessment of
the Swedish and Spanish terms of EU presidency as a single term and
creation of a plan of action accordingly, which came up during the
trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Turkey, Sweden
and Spain at the recent Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) meeting.