Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: EU should ask Turkey to become one of its members
07.11.2009 17:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the
European Union (EU) should ask Turkey to become one of its members.

President Ahmadinejad said Turkey’s EU membership process that new
conditions and environments had emerged in the world and the era of
humanity, culture and moral had begun. He said that states with
deep-rooted cultures and civilizations such as Turkey and Iran would
develop in that period.

President Ahmadinejad said that the EU should ask Turkey to become one
of its members since Turkey’s accession would rise the Union’s
credibility with its history, culture and civilization.

He said that Turkey should also improve its relations with the eastern
countries, adding that it would not mean Turkey’s cutting its ties
with the west.

Calling on Muslim countries to support each other, President
Ahmadinejad said that Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Nigeria, Malaysia and Indonesia could create a big market with their
great populations and economies, Anatolian news agency reported.