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‘Turkey ready for Cyprus meeting in Malta’ – Ankara’s chief EU negotiator
Turkey's European Union minister and chief negotiator has expressed Turkey's readiness for a meeting to take place in Malta in order to help settlement of the Cyprus issue.
13 April 2012, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
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Turkey's EU minister and chief negotiator Egemen Bagis (L) and Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi at Castille this morning
Speaking at the end of his meeting with Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, Turkey's chief negotiator Egemen Bagis said that all parties could convene in Malta to solve Cyprus issue: "if you can convince the Greek Cypriot administration and Greece, I can promise you to bring the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Turkey and Britain to the meeting," Bagis said.
Bagis said Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot administration had always been willing to solve the issue, however they could not see the same will in the Greek Cypriot administration.
During the meeting, Bagis proposed to set up Turkish-Maltese Parliamentary Friendship Group, and expressed eagerness to boost bilateral trade.
Bagis said Turkish businessmen could organise a visit to Malta, and Maltese businessmen could visit Turkey.
Egemen Bagis said the Greek Cypriot administration had prevented the EU from opening negotiations with Turkey on human rights, justice, security and freedoms, and described it as "hypocritical".
Gonzi, in his part, said Malta would fulfil its responsibilities in order to achieve those proposals, and noted that Malta would be proud to host Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Malta.
Lawrence Gonzi also reaffirmed the importance and support Malta extended to Turkey's EU membership.
Upon Gonzi's remarks, Bagis promised that Erdogan would be the first Turkish prime minister ever to visit Malta.
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@Quo Vadis. Could you for once remove your tainted specs, stop seeing red for a while and be objective in the interest of your country? If you want to know what was the role of the PM in the Libyan crises, just read what Dr Muscat said about what Mr Jalil told him yesterday, when he thanked the Maltese government for what it had done with Libya.
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@ Pirandello
You are right, many Maltese don't understand anything about diplomacy, and you are a key witness! Can you explain what role did you dear pm play in the Libyan crisis? It's your pm, and not mine. he doesn't represent me in all his didsgusting decisions that he has taken towards the Maltese people! And if you are of a different opinion, just wait for the next general election, and we both will have a clear answer.
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The PM has already proved himself in international affairs. Libya is a case in point. So I'm sure that he would be capable of convincing the Turks that unless they move out of Northern Cyprus, they cannot reach their dream of joining the EU. But these issues are carried out with diplomacy, a word which unfortunately many Maltese still don't understand.
Luke Camilleri •
Il-YES man tal-EU!
Ahjar iggib is-support ghal MALTA milli jaghti is-support ghal pajjizi ohra!
Nahseb li ghandhu xi lapsus bis-safar li qieghed isiefer u nesa' li hu "suppost" il-Prim MInistru ta' Malta.....veru b'maggoranza dubjua imma sal-lum Hu qieghed hemm( jew immexxi mill id il-mohbija mill Villa ta' Hal Lija)!
Luke Camilleri •
Il-YES man tal-EU!
Ahjar iggib is-support ghal MALTA milli jaghti is-support ghal pajjizi ohra!
Nahseb li ghandhu xi lapsus bis-safar li qieghed isiefer u nesa' li hu "suppost" il-Prim MInistru ta' Malta.....veru b'maggoranza dubjua imma sal-lum Hu qieghed hemm( jew immexxi mill id il-mohbija mill Villa ta' Hal Lija)!
Luke Camilleri •
Il-YES man tal-EU!
Ahjar iggib is-support ghal MALTA milli jaghti is-support ghal pajjizi ohra!
Nahseb li ghandhu xi lapsus bis-safar li qieghed isiefer u nesa' li hu "suppost" il-Prim MInistru ta' Malta.....veru b'maggoranza dubjua imma sal-lum Hu qieghed hemm( jew immexxi mill id il-mohbija mill Villa ta' Hal Lija)!
Luke Camilleri •
Il-YES man tal-EU!
Ahjar iggib is-support ghal MALTA milli jaghti is-support ghal pajjizi ohra!
Nahseb li ghandhu xi lapsus bis-safar li qieghed isiefer u nesa' li hu "suppost" il-Prim MInistru ta' Malta.....veru b'maggoranza dubjua imma sal-lum Hu qieghed hemm( jew immexxi mill id il-mohbija mill Villa ta' Hal Lija)!
Anette B Cassar •
if you can convince the Greek Cypriot administration and Greece, I can promise you to bring the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Turkey and Britain to the meeting," Bagis said. Gonzi l-anqas lil membru parlamentari tieghu stess ma juista jikkonvinci. Issa jriduh jikkonvinci li-ciprijotti jiltaqghu ma' ghedewwa taghhom.
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mela rega rahas it toothe paste
