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Turkey to become EU member sooner or later

Türkiye Materials 26 January 2016 20:24 (UTC +04:00)
Turkish minister for EU affairs, Volkan Bozkir has said that his country will sooner or later become a full member of the European Union.
Turkey to become EU member sooner or later

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 26

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Turkish minister for EU affairs, Volkan Bozkir has said that his country will sooner or later become a full member of the European Union.

"Turkey's economy is much stronger than the economies of many EU member countries," Anadolu Agency quoted him as saying Jan. 26.

The relations between Turkey and the EU have strongly strengthened in the recent years, added the minister.

In January 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country is no longer interested in the EU accession.

Earlier, Bozkir noted that the talks on Turkey's accession to the EU "can not be continued in the format that the EU requires."

He stressed that democracy in Turkey is at a higher level than in some European countries.

At the moment, the EU and Turkey are negotiating on a common action plan, which envisages the EU's financial assistance in the amount of three billion euros, the intensification of negotiations on Turkey's accession to the EU and the intensification of the visa abolition process for Turkish citizens.

At the same time, Turkey has to improve living conditions of refugees in the country; to prevent the migrant flow to the EU from its territory and repatriate the illegal immigrants who arrived in the EU from Turkey.

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