Austrian President visits Turkey

Austrian President Heinz Fischer yesterday arrived in Ankara as the official guest of his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul. Fischer and his spouse Margit Fischer were welcomed with an official ceremony by Gul and his spouse Hayrunnisa Gul at Cankaya Presidential Palace. Gul hosted a dinner to honor of his Austrian counterpart. Fischer said, "Turkey's European Union membership will be reviewed taking into consideration whether Turkey fulfilled that last term conditions, when it comes to membership stage. We call this process 'open ended negotiations'." For his part, Gul said that Turkey which completed its EU negotiation process would be more different than today. Fischer also met with Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan.