‘TURKEY WANTS TO JOIN EU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,’ SAYS DAVUTOGLU
Tert
Nov 17 2009
Armenia
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey wanted to join
the EU as soon as possible, reports Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi.
"Spain waited for seven years to join the EU. I do not want to
talk about any definite date but we want to join the EU as soon as
possible," Davutoglu said in exclusive interviews with Spanish papers
El Pais, El Mundo and La Vanguardia.
"This should not be perceived as if we would wait for seven years. We
have already been waiting for half a century," he also said.
Davutoglu said that France and Germany had concerns about Turkey.
Noting that France had concerns to prevent Spain’s EU membership,
Davutoglu said Madrid-Paris relations were better today than in
the past.
"We have a wide vision, and Ankara-Paris relations will be better
when Turkey becomes an EU member," he said.