Davutoglu: Turkey will be EU member by 2023March 28, 2011 - 13:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey will become a member of the European Union (EU) by 2023 when the country celebrates its the 100th anniversary. "We will most definitely become a member of the EU by 2023," Davutoglu said when speaking at British think-tank Wilton Park conference on "Turkey's policies of engagement the contemporary world" in Istanbul. Davutoglu also said Turkey's EU ambition is not against Russia or the United States, instead, Turkey wants to maintain strong ties with the two countries. "We have model partnerships with the U.S. and Russia," he said, Xinhua reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |