ANKARA - "Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not attend the EU Heads of State & Government Summit in Brussels on December 14th-15th even if he is invited," Salih Kapusuz, deputy group chairman of the ruling Justice & Development Party (AKP), said on Thursday.
When asked whether Erdogan would attend the EU Summit in Brussels, Kapusuz told reporters, "our parliament will start debating the budget for the year 2007 on December 15th. Prime Minister Erdogan will not attend the EU Heads of State & Government Summit even if he is invited. He will attend the parliamentary debates on the budget."