If Turkey wishes, it can join Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, but not EUJuly 19, 2007 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France offers to form an ad hoc committee of experts on issues concerning borders of the European Union. Moreover, position of official Paris on Turkey's membership in the EU has not changed, French State Secretary on European Affairs Jean-Pierre Jouyet stated. He said, Paris offers to form an ad hoc committee of experts on the level of the European Union. Solution of issues concerning EU borders will be the main task of the committee. At the same time Jouyet excluded the possibility that official Paris will change its policy towards Turkey's membership in the EU. "Our stance towards Ankara has not changed. We have already made concessions to include technical articles in the membership talks. France on no account is trying to create additional obstacles for the Turkish State in his way to the European Union. However, the issue of Turkey's membership will be discussed only when the country will be ready for it," Jouyet underlined. He also noted, if Turkey wishes, it can join the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, but not the EU. "If Turkey is interested in this project, let it acquaint himself with membership conditions. However, it is not an alternative for EU membership," the French State Secretary added, Deutsche Welle reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |