"PM Erdogan: We take no notice of the EU's threat
Published: 2/23/2006
ANKARA- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday gave a sharp response to statements by Wolfgang Schussel, the foreign minister of European Union Term President Austria, saying he expected Turkish harbors to open to Greek Cypriot ships by the end of the year.
"We don’t find it ethical to constantly push this matter even though it’s not part of the Copenhagen criteria, or the Maastricht criteria and it’s not on the agenda of Turkey’s accession to the European Union. We don’t say ‘yes’ to this," said Erdogan."
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