(ECO) TURKISH PRESIDENT SAYS THERE ARE THINGS TURKEY HAS TO DO IN EU PROCESS.BRATISLAVA, Nov 3, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The Turkish president said on Monday that there were things Turkey had to do during the European Union (EU) negotiation process. Turkey's President Abdullah Gul gul n. A stylized octagonal motif in Oriental rugs. [Persian, rose; see julep.] said that Turkey was not saying that it wanted to become an EU full member the following day. "There are things we have to do in the negotiation process, but we are sorry to see that some countries have lost their pacta sunt servanda [Latin, Promises must be kept.] An expression signifying that the agreements and stipulations of the parties to a contract must be observed. principle," Gul told a Turkish-Slovakian Business Forum in Bratislava, Slovakia. Gul said that some EU countries were behaving as if they had forgotten that they had signed some documents a few years ago. "They are shaking the convincibility and prestige of both the Union and other member states," he said. President Gul said he would once more like to appreciate Slovakia's stance and support for Turkey's EU membership bid. Gul also said the trade volume between Turkey and Slovakia was up from 75 million to 1 billion Euro between 2001 and 2008. President Gul called on Slovakian businessmen to invest in Turkey, and asked them to maintain their interest in energy and mining industries. Gul said Turkish and Slovakian businessmen could also make joint investments in other countries. Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic also participated in the meeting. (BRC BRC Black Rock City (Burning Man) BRC British Retail Consortium BRC Business Resource Center (Small Business Administration) BRC Bisexual Resource Center BRC Black Radical Congress ) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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