EU-Turkey Talks to be Continued, Thinks Head of European Commission

PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union wants to continue talks with Turkey, stated Jose Manuel Barrozo, the head of the European Commission, adding that the EU views Turkey as a full member, CNN Turk reports. "Earlier I have repeatedly said that the talks with EU are difficult and continuous process but we are adherents of it. But all the candidate states must fulfill their commitments taken in front of the European Union," Barrozo underlined.



It is worth reminding that the talks, which are being held between Turkey and Brussels from last October, are frozen on 8 of 35 technical subjects and are connected with Turkey's obligation on Cyprus in the framework of additional protocol on Customs Union. The Turkish authorities also think that the Cyprus issue, which is a stumbling block in Ankara-EU relations, must be solved in the United Nations Organization and not in the European Union. "А comprehensive solution of the Cyprus issue is possible to guarantee only in UN," stated Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül in this regard. Turkish Media reports that the question to raise the blockade of North Cyprus will be discussed by the EU on January. It is expected that the issue will be raised by Germany's initiative, which has taken the European Union presidency from January 1, 2007.