Turkey urges EU to stick to its pledges
Turkey's top diplomat Ahmet Davutoglu met his British counterpart David Miliband in Stockholm on Friday.
In an opinion piece in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, Ahmet Davutoglu said his country has started an "unparalleled reform" process to live up to EU demands and urged the union to stick to its part of the deal and assess the bid.
The article was published Saturday - the second day of an informal EU foreign ministers' meeting in Stockholm.
Davutoglu said the EU has to pressure the Greek Cypriots to take on a "constructive attitude" in negotiations regarding the island nation, which was split into Greek and Turkish parts in 1974, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
In an opinion piece in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, Ahmet Davutoglu said his country has started an "unparalleled reform" process to live up to EU demands and urged the union to stick to its part of the deal and assess the bid.
The article was published Saturday - the second day of an informal EU foreign ministers' meeting in Stockholm.
Davutoglu said the EU has to pressure the Greek Cypriots to take on a "constructive attitude" in negotiations regarding the island nation, which was split into Greek and Turkish parts in 1974, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
