BRUSSELS - ``We have asked Belgian parliamentarians to convince deputies of other EU member states regarding Turkey`s EU membership bid,`` said Yasar Yakis, chairman of the Turkish Parliamentary Commission for Adjustment to the EU.
Yakis and accompanying delegation are currently in Belgium for a working visit. Yakis told reporters, ``we have met senators, deputies and members of the European Parliament. We have expressed our concerns about progress report which was published about Turkey by European Commission on October 6th.``
Meanwhile, Sukru Elekdag, a member of the commission and a Republican People`s Party (CHP) deputy, told reporters that leaving entry talks open-ended would cause indefiniteness. He added, ``we will have difficulty in explaining the policies of the government to people. This condition will affect Turkey`s foreign policy as well.``
Noting, ``we are very uneasy about the possibility of permanent ban on free movement of Turkish labor force,`` Elekdag said, ``it is against the philosophy of the Union.``
Upon a question, Elekdag and Yakis said that they wanted historians to come together to research so-called Armenian genocide but Armenians did not want to open their archives to researchers and discuss them.
(GC-MS) 22.10.2004