"Cyprus shouldn’t be a pretext in front of Turkey’s EU bid"

During the meeting it was decided that Turkey would attempt for the resolution of the Cyprus issue. In the meeting it was stated that , "Let’s not let the Cyprus issue to be an obstacle in front of Turkey’s EU membership."

It was agreed that the year of 2004 had a critical importance for Turkey and it was underlined that Turkey had to fulfill the political criteria by end of 2004.

It was lined that relation of the civil-soldier, the judicial independence, the situation in Southeastern, freedom of statement and cultural rights had priority.

The ambassadors underlined that the EU didn’t have right not to start negotiations with Turkey for the Cyprus issue haven’t be solved.