ANKARA
Turkish Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis has stated that he is happy about Ireland's EU term presidency.
Bagis delivered a brief speech about "Turkey's EU accession process" and replied the questions of AA's journalists-to-be.
EU Minister Bagis touched on the term presidency of Greek Cypriot administration upon a question and said, "I do not agree on classifying the Greek Cypriot as an "unlucky" presidency, I would say an "incapable" term presidency."
Moreover, he referred to the Greek Cypriot issue and said that Greek Cypriot administration suffered more than any other country because of their attitude and added, "If they had accepted the Annan Plan back in 2004, the island would have been a very prosperous, rich and self-confident country. The Unites States of Cyprus would be one of the richest countries in the world but because of their attitude and their very unsuccessful manners of dealing with international issues, unfortunately the Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias had to appear on live tv in tears and announce that Greek Cypriot administration was in the brink of bankruptcy. I felt sorry for them, prayed for them."
He stressed that they are more optimistic and hopeful about the Irish presidency as it will be Ireland's seventh EU Presidency.
