PARIS - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan who is visiting France to attend the Union for Mediterranean summit, met Saturday with his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner.
Babacan told reporters after the meeting that he expressed Turkey's expectation from France to display a fair, transparent and balanced attitude in EU accession talks with Turkey during its EU presidency.
Babacan said Turkey was supporting Union for Mediterranean project and announced it would take an active role in the project.
Also speaking to reporters after the meeting, French Foreign Minister Kouchner welcomed Turkey's participation in the project.
He said France was pleased with Turkey's efforts for the solution of the Middle East problem.
(OZG-UK)
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