"Turkey dismisses any alternative to EU membership
10/05/2009
ANKARA, Turkey -- Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu rejected on Friday (May 8th) any alternative to full EU membership for Turkey. 'All we ask of the EU is to keep its promises. Proposing alternative memberships is disrespectful not to us, but to the European culture itself,' Davutoglu told a meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. 'We are ready to meet our commitments, but we are expecting our European friends to act in line with the basic moral principles of Europe,' Davutoglu stressed. On Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested the EU should create a common economic and security space with Turkey, as an alternative to membership in the Union."
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