During Three Years Turkey-EU Negotiations Will Undergo Annual Examination

PanARMENIAN.Net - EU partially freezes negotiations with Turkey. Besides EU Foreign Ministers' decision about halting the negotiations with Ankara on 8 of 35 subjects, also an agreement was adopted to expose to annual examination the process of talks during the upcoming three years. According to some representatives of European countries, the partial delay of negotiations on Turkey's bid to enter the European Union is unacceptable. They say, that the talks should be frozen only on 8 of 35 subjects. The other part of states, at the head of the Netherlands and Greece, insisted on tougher measures and wanted to halt the talks on 10 subjects.



Dutch Foreign Minister Bernd Bot thinks that Turkey should begin the fulfillment of Customs protocol directions. In his part the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn warned the EU of open dispute with Turkey. He thinks, that Europe should not permit one more strained summit as in 2004. "I think, the current debates concern not only Turkey, but also the trustful attitude towards the EU. We should show that the European Union is not only a community of national interests. It is very important for us how we are accepted," reports Deutsche Welle.