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 inostranih poslova Abdulah Gul pozdravio je, kako je rekao, «istorijski korak» i za Tursku i za Evropu, mada je takođe kritikovao neke predloge EK, ukazujući da se razlikuju od ranijih praksi primenjivanih prema zemljama kandidatima.