"Straw urges E.U. to be 'generous' on Turkish entry bid
Jul 12, 2005, 12:32 GMT
Brussels - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday rejected calls for a delay in the planned start of negotiations on Turkey's membership of the European Union, saying discussions with Ankara must start as scheduled in October.
'We should open talks with Turkey leading to membership,' Straw told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee, adding that E.U. leaders' decision last December to start entry talks with Ankara was the correct one."
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