"Italy supports Turkey's EU membership
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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said on Tuesday that Italy strongly supported Turkey's entry into the European Union (EU).
'We find Turkey's membership of the EU very beneficial,' Ciampi, who arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday for a state visit, told a joint news conference with Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer after their meeting.
He noted that his visit to Turkey was aimed at strengthening political, economic and cultural relations between the two NATO members."
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