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    Poland: there is `no magic formula' to speed up Turkey's EU membership talks

    July 2, 2011 - 14:32 AMT


    PanARMENIAN.Net - There is `no magic formula' to speed up Turkey's
    slow-moving European Union membership negotiations, Warsaw's top
    diplomat in Ankara said Friday, July 1, on the day Poland took over
    the six-month rotating EU presidency from Hungary, Hürriyet Daily News
    reported.

    `There is no magic formula. These are things that have been going on
    for a long time. Some countries [such as Croatia] made progress faster
    than Turkey because they led negotiations in a way they could make
    progress faster,' Polish ambassador to Ankara Marcin Wilczek said. `We
    hope to see progress in the Turkish-EU accession negotiations. We'll
    do our best as the presidency can do.'

    The Polish ambassador, similarly, hoped progress would be made in this
    month's talks. `Then many things will become much easier,' said
    Wilczek.

    During its presidency, however, Poland `cannot engage [itself] in
    solving only one particular issue as this is an issue that concerns
    the entire EU,' Wilczek said, adding that the EU should also think
    about the western Balkans, Serbia and the eastern neighborhood.

    Asked if Poland would come up with a plan to accelerate Turkish
    accession, the ambassador said it was too early to speculate.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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