Milliyet, 12 September-2010
Foreign Minister of Finland: “All of us are not worth a Turkey”
Foreign Ministers of European Union met in Brussels and expressed their positive feelings about Turkey that we are not ever used to hear and even put aside the striking explanations of Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, regarding the performance of Turkish foreign policy. Alexander Stubb, Finland’s Foreign Minister, claimed that Turkey stands among the top five states in foreign policy worldwide and said; “It can be said that Turkey is more effective on international grounds today than any of our members either individually or totally. British Foreign Minister William Hague referred that he will push hard in favor of Turkey in EU and stated: “Imagine that we work with Turkey on strategic grounds worldwide. This would be a very strong combination.” German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle also explained: “As Europeans it would be in our benefit to ensure that Turkey’s interests are directed towards West and that it does not find itself a new direction. ” |