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Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Turkey sour over EU refusal to open talks
Turkey has criticised France for giving insufficient reasons for blocking its EU talks, saying the bloc's ability to make other countries undertake democratic reform will be undermined if Ankara is pushed off the EU path.
Speaking a day after it became clear that Paris was making good on a threat to obstruct Ankara's EU talks, the country's chief negotiator, Ali Babacan, said "we are not satisfied with the technical justifications that were given to us."
Speaking a day after it became clear that Paris was making good on a threat to obstruct Ankara's EU talks, the country's chief negotiator, Ali Babacan, said "we are not satisfied with the technical justifications that were given to us."
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