Turkey’s foreign minister said Ankara would play an active role in the new grouping despite initial fears that Sarkozy devised it as an alternative to Turkish EU membership, which he has long opposed.
“Regarding the initiative of a Union for the Mediterranean, we think it will promote peace, stability and development in the region, and Turkey supports this initiative,” Foreign Minister Ali Babacan told a news conference.
Babacan said Ankara’s role would be the same as in the existing Euro-Mediterranean partnership, known as the Barcelona process, which France says needs revitalising.
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