Aydin Meets With Szent-ivanyi

BUDAPEST - Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin met on Wednesday with Istvan Szent-Ivanyi, the chairman of Hungarian parliament's European Union (EU) Integration Affairs Committee.
Aydin arrived in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday to attend a conference on the future of Europe.
Following his meeting with Szent-Ivanyi, Aydin told A.A correspondent that the meeting was very beneficial.
Aydin quoted Szent-Ivanyi as saying that Turkey was of great importance for the EU and noted that Turkey has fulfilled very important reforms within two years. Aydin stated that Szent-Ivanyi said in the meeting that Hungary fully supported Turkey's accession to the EU.
(EÖ-AY) 23.06.2004