"Britain pledges support for Turkey's EU membership bid
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Visiting British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Tuesday that her country would continue to support Turkey's European Union (EU) membership bid.
'Close consultations between Turkey and Britain will continue and that Turkey's accession to the EU will benefit both Turkey and the EU,' Beckett, who arrived in Ankara on Monday for a working visit, told a news conference after talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul."
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