German Chancellor: EU Must Keep Its Promises To Turkey

SOFIA, Aug 13 (AFP) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany said Friday the European Union must keep its promise to accept Turkey as a member once it has fulfulled the required conditions.
Speaking at the opening of a German-Bulgarian economic forum, Schroeder said bringing in Turkey as a member would contribute to Europe`s security "in an incredible fashion" by uniting the values of enlightenment and a non-fundamentalist Islam.
Schroeder said he was confident that the European Commission would establish that Turkey is on the right road to fulfilling the membership criteria. If this occurs, he said Germany would ask at the EU summit in December for the engagement made to Turkey to be respected.