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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Italy Foreign Minister: Turkey's EU Accession Process Irreversible

"Italy Foreign Minister: Turkey's EU Accession Process Irreversible

ROME -(Dow Jones)- Turkey's planned accession to the European Union is ' irreversible,' Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Tuesday.

'We can't change the rules of the change. It's in Turkey's interest but also in the EU's interest that Turkey is one day a full-fledged member,' Frattini said at a conference in Rome, which was also attended by his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu. 'Religious difference is not a valid argument' to object to Turkey's membership, he added."

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