SANLIURFA (A.A) – 30.05.2009 – The senior Czech diplomat in Turkey saw on Saturday Turkey’s geopolitic importance as a reason for European Union (EU) membership.
Eva Filipi, the ambassadress of the Czech Republic to Turkey, said that there were many reasons to make Turkey a full member of the EU.
Filipi enumerated these reasons as Turkey’s geopolitic and strategic importance and location.
The Czech Republic has been holding the rotating presidency of the EU since the beginning of 2009, and will hand over the presidency to Sweden as of July 1, 2009.
The ambassadress expressed her country’s full support for Turkey’s EU membership bid, and said both Turkey and the EU should be fair as much as they could and fulfil their obligations.
Filipi said that the EU was not a Christian club, and had many universal principles and values that were not related with religion.
Turkey became an EU candidate country in December 1999. The union launched accession talks with Turkey on October 3, 2005. (BRC)
Source: haber.turk.net, 30.05.2009