ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Friday that efforts to wear out and dilute Turkey`s full membership target contradicted EU`s the principle of pacta sund servanda.
Babacan and Foreign Affairs & European Integration Minister Gordan Jandrokovic of Croatia held a joint news conference.
Asked whether Turkey would attend "Unity for the Mediterranean" meeting on July 13th, Babacan said, "the actual problem is Turkey`s decision to join projects on `Unity for the Mediterranean`. Turkey has not yet made a decision. Assements are underway. We should clearly see what `Unity for Mediterranean` is."
"Turkey makes its assessments in a positive perspective. Turkey will attend the meeting on July 13 in France if we decide to join the project," Babacan said.
Babacan said Turkey did not want a shadow to be cast over its relations with France, noting that, "I believe that problems will be solved in this or that way".
Gordan Jandrokovic, Foreign Affairs & European Integration Minister of Croatia, held talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on Friday.
Holding a press conference after the meeting, Jandrokovic said bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues were disucced during the talks.
Jandrokovic also said that Croatia closely watched the developments regarding Turkey`s EU bid.
"We hope that Turkey will successfully complete such process," he said.
The Croatian minister said that the trade volume between Turkey and Croatia exceeded 500 million USD.
He also said Croatia expected such figure to increase and the commercial relations between the countries to improve.
Upon a question on EU membership process, Jandrokovic said each country`s route to EU, conditions and interests were different.
He said speed and quality were two important factors in a candidate country`s membership process.
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