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SWEDISH PM CONCERNED OVER ANTI-TURKISH SENTIMENTS IN EUROPE
Pan Armenian
08.10.2005 19:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Euriopean Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn
has arrived in Ankara to continue talks over prospects of Turkey's
accession to the EU. After a meeting with FM Abdullah Gul, Olli Rehn
stated that Turkey needs to continue democratic reforms as never
before. This first of all refers to human rights, national minorities
and religious freedom. Swedish PM Goran Persson expressed concern
over negative attitude of Europeans towards Turkey's accession to the
EU. Turkey has a long way ahead and opinions of European peoples may
change in the course of time, he stated after a meeting with Czech PM
Jiri Paroubek. "Half of the population in the Czech Republic, as well
as in Sweden, has a positive stand on Turkey's accession to the EU,"
Jiri Paroubek stated. He also warned one should refrain from hasty
processes in this regard. Over 90% of neighboring Austria's population
are against Turkey's accession to the EU, he noted, reported Mediamax.
Pan Armenian
08.10.2005 19:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Euriopean Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn
has arrived in Ankara to continue talks over prospects of Turkey's
accession to the EU. After a meeting with FM Abdullah Gul, Olli Rehn
stated that Turkey needs to continue democratic reforms as never
before. This first of all refers to human rights, national minorities
and religious freedom. Swedish PM Goran Persson expressed concern
over negative attitude of Europeans towards Turkey's accession to the
EU. Turkey has a long way ahead and opinions of European peoples may
change in the course of time, he stated after a meeting with Czech PM
Jiri Paroubek. "Half of the population in the Czech Republic, as well
as in Sweden, has a positive stand on Turkey's accession to the EU,"
Jiri Paroubek stated. He also warned one should refrain from hasty
processes in this regard. Over 90% of neighboring Austria's population
are against Turkey's accession to the EU, he noted, reported Mediamax.