Turkey expects the EU to acknowledge its mistakes and understand the value Turkey’s membership will bring to the bloc, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
“TURKEY STRESSED ITS DESIRE TO BE IN A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE”
“We expect the EU to acknowledge its mistakes and understand the value that Turkey’s membership will add to the union. In that case, we believe that a more productive relationship can be established for both parties,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told the Turkish parliament’s Planning and Budget Commission in the capital Ankara.
Cavusoglu stressed that developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean affect Turkey’s relations with the EU.
Some member countries bring their bilateral problems with Turkey to the EU, he said, adding that those countries were wearing “a so-called ‘membership solidarity’ mask,” and using it against the country.
Turkey, in all its EU contacts, stresses its desire to be in a constructive dialogue, Cavusoglu also noted.