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Fri, 02/25/2011 - 22:20
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French president Sarkozy on Turkey-EU relations
ANKARA (A.A) - 25.02.2011 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that there was a known issue which they could not agree on with Turkey.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Sarkozy said they tried to comprehend red lines of both sides and find a way for future.
Sarkozy said he paid a visit to Turkey upon an invitation by Turkish President Gul and as the rotating president of G20.
French president described Gul as an experienced and wise statesman having convictions.
Sarkozy said no French President has visited Turkey since 1992, indicating that he was happy to be the president putting an end to this 19 year interval.
Sarkozy said he believed the importance of the role Turkey has been assuming in international platform for a long time noting that this role of Turkey stemmed from depth of history and its position between the east and the west and its geographical location.
Sarkozy said as the rotating president of G20, support of Turkey was very important for France and noted that tough, urgent and complicated issues like reform of international monetary system and regulation of raw material prices were on their agenda.
Sarkozy said Turkey was an important agricultural country underlining that Turkey could play a very important role in this area.
Sarkozy said French rotating presidency would be very pleased in case a working seminar could be held in Turkey in April on regulation of raw material prices. He said this seminar could take place under the co-chairmanship of Turkey and France.
Turkish President Gul responded affirmatively to the issue.
Sarkozy also said the issues in question should be solved quickly to prevent further instability in economy.
French President stated that nuclear issues were also discussed during his meeting with Gul, noting that they have proposed an unlimited cooperation to Turkey on nuclear area. He said this was the expression of their confidence in Turkish democracy, stability of Turkish society and economic potential.
Sarkozy said they also discussed issues like fight against terrorism.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Sarkozy said they tried to comprehend red lines of both sides and find a way for future.
Sarkozy said he paid a visit to Turkey upon an invitation by Turkish President Gul and as the rotating president of G20.
French president described Gul as an experienced and wise statesman having convictions.
Sarkozy said no French President has visited Turkey since 1992, indicating that he was happy to be the president putting an end to this 19 year interval.
Sarkozy said he believed the importance of the role Turkey has been assuming in international platform for a long time noting that this role of Turkey stemmed from depth of history and its position between the east and the west and its geographical location.
Sarkozy said as the rotating president of G20, support of Turkey was very important for France and noted that tough, urgent and complicated issues like reform of international monetary system and regulation of raw material prices were on their agenda.
Sarkozy said Turkey was an important agricultural country underlining that Turkey could play a very important role in this area.
Sarkozy said French rotating presidency would be very pleased in case a working seminar could be held in Turkey in April on regulation of raw material prices. He said this seminar could take place under the co-chairmanship of Turkey and France.
Turkish President Gul responded affirmatively to the issue.
Sarkozy also said the issues in question should be solved quickly to prevent further instability in economy.
French President stated that nuclear issues were also discussed during his meeting with Gul, noting that they have proposed an unlimited cooperation to Turkey on nuclear area. He said this was the expression of their confidence in Turkish democracy, stability of Turkish society and economic potential.
Sarkozy said they also discussed issues like fight against terrorism.
