Turco-EU Troika Did Not Reveal Anything

Bernard Bot said that if the December 17 summit decided to begin talks with Turkey, these would be "During 2005” and that, the negotiations will begin after the screening process.

However Bot, did not give any clear message about the decision to be taken by the EU leaders.

Besides Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, the next EU Term President, Jean Asselborn and EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn were present in the meeting.