TURKEY REJECTS JOINING EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.02.2009 15:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey will not join the Eastern Partnership,
a Turkish official said.
"The talks with the EU are held for Turkey’s full-fledged membership
in the Union. So, we can’t accept an offer which conflicts with the EU
previous decisions," said Yasar Yakis, ex-Foreign Minister and chairman
of Turkey-EU parliamentary commission, Trend Azeri news agency reports.
The Eastern Partnership targets six of the EU’s immediate eastern
neighbors – Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and,
provisionally, Belarus.
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, speaking for the current
EU presidency, said that Turkey may also be invited.
The final shape of the project will emerge at an EU summit on March
19-20.