ISTANBUL - Turkey’s top negotiator for EU talks, Egemen Bağış, meets with a group of journalists and evalutes his first six month in office. While he suggests the ruling Justice and Development Party’s supporters are the most pro-EU, he also says the government is ready to push further reforms but the opposition is not being helpful.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras braced for a threatened confrontation Sunday as ousted President Manuel Zelaya insisted he was coming home to reclaim his post, urging his supporters to mass at the airport for a showdown with the interim government in power since the army sent him into exile a week ago.
ANKARA - President Abdullah Gül warns lawmakers not to turn the issue into a matter of treason, asking: ’Do you think any members of Parliament would approve legislation that is against national interests?’ He also requests parliamentarians work toward a solution for demining.
DOHA -Unfazed by the crisis, Qatar welcomes Turkish investors, in its drive to construct infrastructure. With an improved approach, the business volume of Turkish construction firms in Qatar could reach $10 billion in four years, says the chair of the Turkish Businessmen Association in Qatar.
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reportedly called Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja two nights ago, and mentioned possible steps which Ankara was considering taking on the Cyprus matter. Finland then, acting as term president of the EU, spoke of these suggestions in Brussels the COREPER meeting, a gathering of EU state permanent members.