Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Harris Georgiades participated on Friday in the works of the meeting of Chairmen of the European Affairs Committees of the European Union member states of the Mediterranean, in Crete, Greece.
A House press release said that during a debate on EU enlargement, Georgiades said that enlargement is a key political tool which contributes, among other things, to the geopolitical stability of the wider EU neighborhood.
He also noted that it is important for all the candidate countries to meet the accession criteria and that the EU itself takes supportive measures in the direction of assisting their accession process.
Regarding the EU-Turkey relations the Cypriot MP pointed out that these cannot be based on the questioning of European institutions and values by Ankara and that it is imperative to draw up a reliable common EU policy for Turkey that includes clear red lines.
Source: Cyprus News Agency