NATO Talks Focus on Turkey
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The mounting tension on Turkey's border with Iraq and US demands for European allies to do more in Afghanistan are expected to dominate a meeting of NATO defense ministers opening Wednesday in the Netherlands
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After years of delays, the European Union's head office is likely to recommend that Turkey begin membership talks with the bloc &#151; an endorsement that comes with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.
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Turkey expects its troubled European  Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the  year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations,  Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
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RIGA, Latvia, Nov. 29-- NATO leaders on Wednesday declared that securing peace and security in Afghanistan is now the "key priority" for the alliance formed to combat Soviet military power in the Cold War, signaling a new political embrace of a mission that has divided member nations over how to...
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"Nobody wants any finger-pointing." NATO leaders meet this week in Riga, Latvia where the struggling mission in Afghanistan is expected to top the agenda.Comment
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Turkey can expect to be put through a test of fire when it launches negotiations to join the European Union, and the process &#151; which will last more than a decade &#151; could transform the political and social landscape of both Turkey and the 25-nation bloc.
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The EU sought Wednesday to keep pressure on Turkey over its bid to start talks on joining the bloc, as last-minute haggling seemed set to go down to the wire at a summit poised to give a green light to Ankara.
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NATO has postponed a meeting due on Thursday between its foreign ministers and their Ukrainian counterpart but will seek early talks with a foreign minister of a "new and legitimate" Ukraine government, NATO sources said.
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NATO will hold two more conferences aimed at pushing member states to commit more troops to the alliance's mission in Afghanistan as it faces tough resistance from insurgents there, a spokesman said Saturday.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has scheduled a meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to discuss Turkey's candidature in the European Union and the situation in divided Cyprus, Turkish and German ...
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European leaders are set to decide whether to open European Union membership talks with Turkey Friday, 41 years after the largely Muslim state first applied to join the Brussels-based bloc.
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NATO was expected to discuss on Thursday possible extension of a planned U.S. missile defense to the alliance's vulnerable southeastern flank and may express interest in Kremlin proposals for cooperation in the shield.
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BERLIN, Germany -- The leaders of Germany, France and Turkey are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday (26 October) to discuss Ankara&#39;s EU membership bid.
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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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s positive meetings yesterday in Brussels brought Turkey closer to its objective of becoming a member of the European Union (EU).
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to hold talks with the EU commissioner in charge of the blocâs enlargement process Guenter Verheugen, and members of the European Parliament, including European Parliament chief Josep Borrell, as well as
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The European Commission is expected later this week to recommend EU membership talks with Turkey. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan are anticipating a &quot;positive report.