Gul hails Turkish-EU Troika meeting as “very beneficial"
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 09, 2006 13:03
Speaking at a press conference, following Wednesday's Turkish-EU Troika meeting in Vienna, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, called the meeting “very beneficial and successful.” Gul said that he was very pleased with the general progress of the talks and noted that it was an important meeting as it was the first such gathering since Ankara began its accession talks with the EU last October.
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There is harmony between the EU Commission and Turkey,” he said, adding “There is exciting work in our institutions for our EU bid.”
He stressed that the Cyprus issue had also been discussed at the meeting, adding that he told the EU officials that Turkey had done its best on the issue by proposing an action plan. “I told them that now we’re waiting for steps from the Greek Cypriots,” he added. The foreign minister stated that energy, regional events, Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Iran’s nuclear program, and the recent carton crisis had also been discussed. Gul met separately with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn and EU Term President Austria’s Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik after the meeting.