Bagis: "Turkey won't accept any alternative to full EU membership"

Turkey will not accept any alternative to full European Union membership, said State Minister and chief negotiator for Turkey's talks Egemen Bagis yesterday. Speaking at the London School of Economics during a two-day visit to Britain, he said that Turkey will keep it promises when the EU does the same, in an apparent reference to the Ankara Protocol, under which Turkey is supposed to open its harbors and airports to Greek Cypriot vessels and planes. "The EU should keep its promises to end the isolation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)," he added.