Caglayan addresses Turkey-Spain investment and cooperation summit

Speaking at the Turkey-Spain Investment and Cooperation Summit in Madrid yesterday, Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said that Turkey and Spain were not rivals, but complementing each other. He stated that he had enthusiastically come to Spain to further develop economic and political relationships between the two countries. Touching upon Turkey's EU membership bid, Caglayan said that Turkey wouldn't increase the burden on the EU, but instead shoulder its burden. He stated that full membership to the EU was a must to Turkey and thanked Spain for its support on the issue. Furthermore, Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organization Chairman Juan Rossel said that Spain had a special plan to develop relations with Turkey between 2012 and 2014.