"I would ask Chancellor Merkel and President Chirac to look for a balanced solution which on the one hand shows the consequences of non-compliance by a candidate state but at the same time keeps the accession process with Turkey alive, because of its strategic importance for both Europe and Turkey," Reuters quoted him as saying.
"Zamolio bih kancelara Merkelovu i predsednika Širaka da traže izbalansirano rešenje koje sa jedne strane pokazuje konsekvence neispunjavanja obaveza zemlje kandidata, ali u isto vreme održava u životu proces pridruživanja Turske, zbog njegovog strateškog značaja i za Evropu i za Tursku", izjavio je on, a prenosi Rojters.