EU AGREES TO RAISE 2010 FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.10.2009 14:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Union decided to raise its financial
support to Turkey to 653.7 million euro for 2010. The assistance was
566.4 million euro for 2009. The European Commission provides financial
assistance to EU candidate countries and potential candidates under
"Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance".

The Commission decided to allocate 781.9 million euro in 2011,
899.5 million euro in 2012 and 935.5 million euro in 2013 for
Turkey. EU assistance to Turkey focuses on institutional structuring,
cross-border cooperation, regional development, human resources and
rural development.