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10/24/06

JTW News - EU Commissioner Olli Rehn: Turkey's EU Accession Serves Both Sides' Interests


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Turkey's EU Accession Serves Both Sides' Interests

European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn said yesterday that Turkey’s EU accession would serve both sides’ interests. Speaking in Berlin, Rehn said the EU had decided to begin accession talks with both Turkey and Croatia in October 2005, adding that the talks were aimed at full membership.

Stressing that the bloc should not forget its responsibilities to Turkey, Rehn said the EU needed a modern, stable and prosperous Turkey for its own interests, adding that Turkey had showed its strategic importance through its decision to send peacekeeping troops to Lebanon.

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