"Official: Turkey to play key role in Balkans if accepted to EU
www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-20 06:02:41
SOFIA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- If accepted to the European Union, Turkey would play an important role in the currently unstable Balkans, local press reported Saturday citing Bulgarian EU Affairs Minister Gergana Grancharova.
The statement was made at the opening of the international conference entitled 'Scenarios for Turkey's (Non)-Accession to the EU: Prospects and Consequences,' held in Sofia on the initiative of Open Society Foundation."
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