Post by sevenofnine on Sept 19, 2024 11:29:31 GMT -5
Well that interesting
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday Ankara was looking to diversify its options regarding global alliances, bringing up long-running ambitions for EU membership.
Amid growing rumours that Turkey wants to join the Russia-led BRICS alliance, the Mediterranean country's top diplomat said the interest wouldn't be there if Turkey was already an EU member state.
"Turkey acted on good intentions with regards to its ambitions for full EU membership," since applying to join the bloc in 1987, Fidan said, but then the negotiations stalled. Now, Ankara is looking at other options, such as BRICS and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
"If our economic integration with the European Union had been crowned with membership, which is now (only) at the level of the Customs Union, maybe we would not be on such a search," Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Anadolu on Thursday.
Stating that "every country has to form economic, security and political alliances," t
www.euronews.com/2024/09/19/turkey-wouldnt-be-interested-in-brics-if-it-was-an-eu-member-state-foreign-minister-says
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday Ankara was looking to diversify its options regarding global alliances, bringing up long-running ambitions for EU membership.
Amid growing rumours that Turkey wants to join the Russia-led BRICS alliance, the Mediterranean country's top diplomat said the interest wouldn't be there if Turkey was already an EU member state.
"Turkey acted on good intentions with regards to its ambitions for full EU membership," since applying to join the bloc in 1987, Fidan said, but then the negotiations stalled. Now, Ankara is looking at other options, such as BRICS and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
"If our economic integration with the European Union had been crowned with membership, which is now (only) at the level of the Customs Union, maybe we would not be on such a search," Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Anadolu on Thursday.
Stating that "every country has to form economic, security and political alliances," t
www.euronews.com/2024/09/19/turkey-wouldnt-be-interested-in-brics-if-it-was-an-eu-member-state-foreign-minister-says
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