(GEN) TURKISH STATE MINISTER ARRIVES IN SWEDEN FOR EU ENLARGEMENT MEETING.STOCKHOLM, Nov 11, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish State Minister Cevdet Yilmaz arrived Tuesday in Gothenburg, Sweden, to attend a European Union meeting which is set to discuss the Lisbon Strategy The Lisbon Strategy, also known as the Lisbon Agenda or Lisbon Process, is an action and development plan for the European Union. It was set out by the European Council in Lisbon on March 2000. and the Union's enlargement policy for 2010. The Turkish minister met with EU term president Sweden's EU affairs minister Cecilia Malmstrom ahead of session on economic growth and employment policy in Europe. Cabinet members and local authorities from 26 EU member and candidate countries are participating in the meeting. "As a candidate country, we will have the opportunity during the meetings to listen to the issues discussed here and learn from them," Yilmaz told the Anadolu Agency Anadolu Agency (AA) (Turkish: Anadolu Ajansı) is the Turkish state news agency commissioned with producing news releases pertaining to the country. Anadolu Agency was set up on April 6th, 1920 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Modern Turkish . The Turkish minister is expected to return to Turkey on Wednesday. (MB-UK) (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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