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customs union," Çiller said, answering
questions for reporters on Wednesday. else, "was far from diplomatic and political
Despite Ciller's remarks, Turkey reacted courtesy."
countries and Cyprus. Mart.ens also sugby.c!ÙlmgÉU
ambassadors.to the Foreign " He e~pressed ~sappointinent that ge~ted outright that Turkey's EU member-
Ministry to formally lodg~ Its complaint ~oU?tnes, orgamzations and personalities shi 1lt wasunacceptable.
and express deep disappomtment over.the WI~ the framework of the European . . e rc:"?-arksof the former Belgian
stance o.fthe European leade~. Umon s~~uld have placed their signatures pnme J?1mster ap~ed to be in line with
Meeting the ambassadors m the after- on a decISIon that smells of racism." a growmg trend m Europe, fmt initiated b
noon, Turkish Foreigq Ministry . What struck Ankara was the fact that EU term President Dutch Foreign Ministe;
Undersecretary Onur ~en queried them Gc:rman~ancellor Helmut Kohl, Spanish Hans van Miedo last month.
about the stance now belOg taken against
Turkey in Europe and indicated this was
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi were
~ an address to the European
Parhament, van Mierlo referred to the need
not in.keeping wi~pthe agreements Ankara among the politicians who were said to
has WIththe EU. Oyrnen told reporters have endorsed this view.
to be "honest with Turkey" by admitting
openly whetheror not Europe wants such a
after the half-hour meeting that he had All three leaders have, to date main- large Islamic country in its midst.
asked the ambassadors, one?y 0.n e ,if the tained a J;K>sition.?fenco~aging Turkey in . Others attending Tuesday's EPP meet-
EP~ stateme.nt was the offiCIalVIewof terms of Its ambItions for mtegration with mg were less blunt, but still indicated that
their respective governments. Europe. Ankara was a long way from seeing its
"~ot ~ne of the~ said that this w~ the EU sources quoted by Reuters on ~f::f of full integration into Europe ful-
O~Clal VIewof therr government," Oymen Tuesday were reported saying the issue
salC;~. had been raised at the meeting because "Regarding l}n'kish membership in the
Oymen. added that some ambassadors Turkey, which has threatened to block EU, everybody ISclearly very hesitant,"
had told him that !here was no consensus a ~ATO enlargement unless it is allowed
the"Brussels meeting. lOtothe EU, had been putting major pres-
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude
Juncke! tol~ reporters. '
One of the state secretaries of these sure on EU governments over the past In his wntten statement, ANAP Deputy
countries called me and told me that their week or so. Akarcah said that the EPP remarks to the
prime.mini~!e~was not!n agreement with
these Ideas, Oymen saldo
Portuguese opposition leader Marcelo effect that C)'P.rusw