STRASBOURG - National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul arrived in Strasbourg on Sunday as the guest of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Assembly.
Gonul will attend the opening ceremony of the 49th general assembly meeting of the ESDP Assembly to be held in Strasbourg between June 2 and 4, 2003.
Releasing a statement, the Ministry of National Defense said, ''Gonul will deliver a speech at the general assembly meeting tomorrow on the issues of relations between Turkey and European Union (EU), Turkey's EU membership perspective, ESDP, NATO-EU relations and disarmament cooperation in Europe. Gonul will inform European parliaments on Turkey's views on these issues.''
Gonul will depart from Strasbourg on Wednesday.
(UK-MS) 01.06.2003