UK&#39;s Straw Expects Turkey&#39;s Talks With EU to Start in January
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Britain expects the European Union to start membership talks with Turkey in January, when Luxembourg assumes the EU&#39;s rotating presidency, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan voiced confidence on Wednesday that Turkey would win a date for opening long-delayed European Union entry talks at a landmark summit of the bloc&#39;s 25 leaders this week.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's head office opened a meeting Wednesday where it was likely to recommend that Turkey begin EU membership talks with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.    If the European Commission's expected recommendation is formally approved by the 25 EU leaders at a December summit, entry talks could begin in early 2005, capping years of lobbying by Turkish officials who say their country could form a bridge between Muslim countries and Europe...
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The EU ban on arms exports to China could be lifted this year despite US objections, Jack Straw says.
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EU leaders agree at a summit in Brussels to begin membership talks with Turkey on 3 October next year.
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As expected, the European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey has recommended that EU membership negotiations with this country should start.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: In an historic decision, the leaders of the European Union have agreed to open membership talks with Turkey, after the Turkish Prime Minister pledged to recognise the Greek-Cypriot Government next year.
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The EU has offered to start membership talks with Turkey in the second half of 2005, Italy&#39;s foreign minister says. A possible starting date of 3 October has been given separately by various unnamed diplomatic sources.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Friday expressed hope for a code of conduct linking arms exports to human rights ahead of an expected decision later this year to lift the EU arms embargo on China.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says there will likely be a British referendum on an EU treaty in early 2006 but he has declined to confirm reports the vote will be in March of that year.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has arrived in northern Iraq for talks with Kurdish political leaders.
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions on Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next  October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime  minister at a landmark summit.
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The European Union&#39;s executive commission is expected to recommend on Wednesday that Turkey begin entry talks for membership in the bloc, but with stringent and long-term conditions attached.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will fly to Sudan next week to assess how the country&#39;s authorities are tackling the humanitarian and security crisis.
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Two days of talks on the future of Gibraltar begin at Jack Straw's country residence later on Wednesday.
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open talks with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, diplomats said, despite widespread misgivings about admitting such a large, poor and mostly Muslim country.
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President Bush's search for better relations with Europe in his second term faces an early test next week with a visit by an old ally, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.