Turkey sees EU talks moving forward before year-end
December 19th, 2006 by
Washington Post
Turkey expects its troubled European Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
Turkey expects its troubled European Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
Last week the EU partially suspended Ankara’s accession talks over the Muslim country’s refusal to open its ports and airports to traffic from EU-member Cyprus, a country it does not recognize
But it was agreed that talks on policy areas not covered by the freeze should go ahead.
“We hope that the chapters which should be opened are opened in a short time. We expect some chapters to be opened speedily during the Finnish presidency,” Gul told a news conference.
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