"INTERVIEW - Turkey's president looks beyond European myopia
By Simon Cameron-Moore
ABOARD TURKISH PRESIDENT'S AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - Peering out of his aircraft window at the energy-rich lands of Central Asia 35,000 feet (10,000 metres) below, President Abdullah Gul wondered how opponents of Turkey's bid for EU membership could fail to see the big picture.
'Everyone knows Turkey's biggest contribution will be in the field of energy,' Gul told Reuters on his way home from Kazakhstan, a country courted for its mineral resources by China, Russia and the West."
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