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    ERDOGAN: PRIVILEGED PARTNERSHIP IS UNKNOWN TO EU TREATIES

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    25.03.2010 13:00 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
    Ankara will settle for nothing less than full membership in the
    European Union - a stance putting himself on a collision course with
    German Chancellor Merkel, who only supports a "privileged partnership"
    for Turkey.

    Germany's objections that the sizeable mainly Muslim country is not
    fit for membership are backed by another EU heavyweight, France,
    but Ankara points out that it has already opened negotiations aimed
    at becoming a proper member of the bloc.

    "A privileged partnership is unknown to EU treaties," Erdogan told
    Die Zeit. "For Turkey it would be a huge mistake to agree to that. And
    most of the other EU countries don't accept this suggestion either."

    The EU symbolically opened membership talks with Turkey in October
    2005, but a number of stumbling blocks remain on Ankara's road to EU
    accession, in particular concerning trade links with Cyprus, freedom
    of expression and the rights of the Kurdish minority.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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