(DIP) 'PRIVILIGED PARTNERSHIP' DOES NOT EXIST IN EU ACQUIS, PM ERDOGAN.BRUSSELS, Jun 27, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday there is no partnership arrangement called 'privileged partnership' in the EU acquis. Erdogan answered questions after delivering a speech at the Crans Crans is the name or part of the name of several places:
"Our partnership with the EU is for full membership. This is what we are working for. Aside from full membership, it is impossible for us to accept any other partnership with the EU," Erdogan said. In response to a question on Cyprus, Erdogan said that the German Chancellor Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (IPA: [ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl]) (b. admitted that it was a mistake on the part of the EU to let in the Greek Cypriot administration as a member. "In a referendum held (on the Annan Plan), the Turkish Cypriots Ethnically Turkish inhabitants of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus are referred to as Turkish Cypriots. The term is sometimes used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, as opposed to the Turkish migrants who have settled there since the Cyprus conflict of 1974. voted 'yes' while 75 percent of the Greek Cypriots voted 'no'," Erdogan said. "Despite saying 'no', the Greek Cypriots were admitted into the EU," Erdogan reminded. In response to a question on EU's expansion and the Alliance of Civilizations The Alliance of Civilizations is a United Nations Secretary-General initiative intended to galvanize collective action across diverse societies in order to combat extremism, overcome cultural and social barriers between mainly the Western and predominantly Muslim worlds, and to initiative co-sponsored by Turkey and Spain, Erdogan said that the definitions of EU expansion and the expansion of the Alliance of Civilizations are different. The EU must continue expansion if it wishes to be a political, social and economic power, Erdogan said. As far as the Alliance of Civilizations is concerned, cultures, religions and civilizations are all within the alliance. Our doors are open to all cultures, religions and civilizations. We support the Alliance of Civilizations to facilitate global peace, Erdogan also said. (SOL-A) (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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