TURKEY’S BEING MUSLIM STATE NOT A CAUSE FOR EU REJECTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.04.2007 18:07 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Rene van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe, welcomes the moves Turkey undertakes
for joining the EU. During a news conference in Strasbourg today he
said the EU doesn’t consists of Christians only and Turkey’s being
a Muslim state is not a cause for EU’s rejection. The PACE President
also voiced content with his visit to Cyprus and a clearer vision of
the problem existing between the North and Greek Cyprus.
He said he requested TRNC President Mehmet Ali Talat for a visit to
the Council of Europe, Trend reports.