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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9815

10 January 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Ankara changes chief accession negotiator - Prime Minister Erdogan to visit Brussels

Brussels, 09/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will no longer have personal charge of the day-to-day organisation of Turkey's accession negotiations with the EU. The Turkish government announced on 8 January that Egemen Bagis, an adviser to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has been appointed to the post of chief accession negotiator. Ankara says that this change is because Babacan, who remains Foreign Minister, is currently too busy with developments in the Caucasus...

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