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    MENSUR AKGUN: ARMENIA IS BETTER THAN TURKEY FOR EU

    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    Dec 7 2006

    Though Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport, it was
    possible for Greeks to accept this offer. Because, according to their
    view point, their recognition by Turkey side is more important than
    opening the port and airports," the executive director of Turkey
    economic and Social Studies Foundation, one of the main specialists
    of Turkey in EU told the APA Turkey bureau.

    He said that Greeks tries to rescue from the restriction of Annan
    plan. Greeks consider that they will be able to make Turkey adopt
    it in the period when EU membership process continues. Turkey is
    fair to settle this problem in the frame of EU. But Greece part of
    Cyprus insists to solve this problem in the frame of EU. " Mensur
    Akgun also said that he does not believe that Turkey will step back
    on Cyprus problem.

    "The problem will be settled in the frame of UN. The problem will
    continue if EU does not lift the isolation policy applied to Northern
    Cyprus republic. I do not believe that Turkey will step back, though
    EU delays some issues in the discussions with Turkey," he said.

    Mensur Akgun stressed that Cyprus problem does not detain Turkey's
    EU membership.

    "Turkey will not be the member of EU early than 10 years. That is
    why EU can discuss the issues concerning Turkey's membership," he said.

    Saying that Karabakh and Cyprus conflicts are alike, Akgun stressed
    that UN resolutions on both conflicts did not find its settlement.

    "Security Council has several resolutions concerning Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict. No-one, even EU does not put pressure on Armenia
    for execution of the resolutions. It has two reasons. First, Armenia
    is not a country willing to be member of EU, second, EU has special
    sympathy to Armenia. No-one can deny that Armenia is better than us
    for EU," he said.
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