IN OPINION OF AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, TURKEY SHOULD DECIDE ITSELF WHAT PATH TO MOVE BY
Noyan Tapan
May 03 2007
VIENNA, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The crisis that arose in the process of
presidential elections is an internal political problem of Turkey, and
Turkey should solve it on its own. The Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula
Plassnik stated this during an interview to the weekly "News". "Turkey
does not need external pressure and proposals but it is necessary
that Turkey patiently wait for solution of this problem."
The statement made by the general staff of the Turkish armed forces,
according to Ursula Plassnik, shows that there is quite a confused
situation which should be regulated. "I say once again that Turkey
itself should solve its internal problems and decide by what path
and at what rate to progress. We as EU members are linked to European
values and we would like Turkey to be also linked to these values. For
this reason we follow closely the developments in Turkey and the army’s
role and have repearedly made critical remarks on these developments,"
the Austrain FM said.
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