Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul hailed what he described as a "historic step" for both Turkey and Europe, though he also criticised some of the EC's proposals as differing from past practices towards candidate countries.
Turski ministar vanjskih poslova Abdullah Gul pozdravio je, kako je kazao, “povijesni korak” za Tursku i Europu, iako je također kritizirao neke prijedloge EC ukazujući kako se razlikuju od ranije prakse primijenjene prema zemljama kandidatima.