PM Ciolos: Turkey must be a stable country inside NATO and a key partner of the European Union

Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Monday said that Turkey must be a stable country inside NATO and a key partner of the European Union, highlighting the importance of this country's keeping its democratic track. 

"In regards to the situation in Turkey, our major objective is to have a stable Turkey inside NATO and a key partner of the European Union, anchored in our common values. It is important that Turkey keeps its democratic path, as it remains an essential player in the efforts to secure regional stability," Ciolos said at the Annual Meeting of Romanian Diplomacy. 

He also pointed out that the Eastern Partnership must be further supported. 

"We support granting the due attention to the eastern neighbourhood, within the external actions of the European Union, with a focus on supporting the partners who wish to get closer to the European Union and who proved will and capacity of making progress and reforms. It is important that we further support the Eastern Partnership, as a strategic action instrument of the Union in relation with the partner countries," Ciolos showed. 

According to the PM, Romania will continue to support EU's efforts in respect to the southern neighbourhood, mostly in the migration area. 

"Romania will continue to actively support the demarches of the European Union in the context of the multilateral efforts of stablising the situation in the southern neighbourhood, including the crises in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, with a special importance granted to solving the migration crisis," Ciolos explained.

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