Monday, August 29, 2005

JTW News - Interview with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul

"Interview with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
The Target is Full membership to the EU

By Balcicek PAMIR, True
Whenever I see the minister of foreign affairs Abdullah Gül, I want to say ‘What’s going to happen with the EU?’. I suppose there are many who are asking such questions, because he starts talking about this before l even ask him. When Gül says ‘There is no reason to feel hopeless, the doors of the European Union aren’t closed, but are widely open’ , all l can do is to turn on the recorder to record what he says. Abdullah Gül, whom l met within the Foreign Ministry Residence, replies my question ‘Even against all these odds like the negative opinions on the world press and the impositions, you are saying that the d
oors are opened?’ with ‘From the intellectuals to politicians to common people, all of us have a lack of confidence. We can’t get over this’. We talked with the minister of foreign affairs about the point where we stand and the future possibilities. I hope that you’ll read the answers with interest."

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