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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8280

22 August 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Mr Rasmussen welcomes Turkey's recent efforts but insists on effective implementation of reforms

Brussels, 21/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday in Copenhagen, the Turkish Vice President, Mesut Yilmaz, met the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to fix a date for negotiations for Turkey's accession to the European Union. Reuters reported the Vice President as saying at the end of the meeting that the recent reforms (adopted by the Turkish Parliament: Editor's note) clearly prove Turkey's desire to fulfil the Copenhagen criteria without any reservations. Mr Yilmaz added that,...

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