(DIP) TURKEY'S EU NEGOTIATOR: IRRELEVANT POLITICAL PROBLEMS SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM NEGOTIATON PROCESS.ANKARA Ankara (ăng`kərə, Turk. äng`kärä), city (1990 pop. 2,533,209), capital of Turkey and Ankara prov., W central Turkey, at an elevation of c.3,000 ft (910 m). , Oct 26, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish State Minister & Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen Bagis said on Monday Monday: see week. that Turkey's EU negotiation process should be kept away from political problems which were not related with EU acquis. Bagis spoke at Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission meeting in Ankara, and said that EU process was interrupted in·ter·rupt v. in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts v.tr. 1. To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game. 2. seriously due to EU countries' political reasons. Bagis said that developments, which had been happening since December 2006, proved that political problems were influential on the whole negotiation process. He added that Turkey-EU relations were under the influence of political stances of several EU countries. He noted that Turkey targeted to open environment chapter in December. Bagis said that if there was not political preventions of EU member states, six chapters could currently be opened. He added that also three more chapters could be opened in a short time if there were not political obstacles. Bagis said that Turkey could not record progress in nine chapters due political reasons. (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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