A Turkish reform plan to complete EU-accession talks by 2013 has been cautiously welcomed by the Commission, with Turkish officials saying that the reforms would be carried out even if the country is eventually refused EU membership.
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül confirmed on 17 April 2007 that reforms would be carried out regardless of eventual entry to the bloc. "If we start debating that now, we'll only lose time," he told the Associated Press. "The important thing is to bring about Turkey's transformation."
The Commission spokesperson on enlargement, Krisztina Nagy, said that the road map was "very much welcomed by the European Commission", but noted that it was too early to comment on the contents and that such a plan "is what is expected by any candidate country".
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