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Friday, February 04, 2005

The Journal of Turkish Weekly:Turkish Prime Minister and French Assembly Speaker Discuss Turkey's EU Membership

"Turkish Prime Minister and French Assembly Speaker Discuss Turkey's EU Membership
Jan SOYKOK, ANKARA (JTW and News Agencies) - President of the French National Assembly Jean Louis Debre met Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday.

Louis Debre asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the
implementation of reforms which Turkey fulfilled in the EU process. Debre also asked improvement in Cyprus issue and relations with Armenia.

Turkish PM Erdogan told Debre that France and Turkey share common values like democracy, freedom, human rights and supremacy of law. Noting that Turkey tries to effectively implement the reforms it made in the EU process, Erdogan said Turkey's EU membership will further improve the political and economic relations between Turkey and France."

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