Politics:

In Munich Erdoghan demanded that Turkey is integrated into the EU

Turkey vigorously rejects the compromise in the form of the status of a privileged partner, which was suggested particularly by Germany.

February 12, 2008
During the 44th conference on security policy issues held in Munich the problems of NATO's functioning and the prospect of its expansion, the issues of disarmament, nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, the calls of the European security, the situation in Afghanistan and prospective of its resolution, the basic course of development of Russia, and the issues of security in Asia were discussed. Much attention was focused particularly to the discussion of the Kosovo issue, Iranian nuclear program, Turkey's European course, and its policy in the field of security.
 
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