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‘Türkiye is the last exit before the bridge’ President Erdogan says on EU membership

10 March 2025 19:53 (UTC +04:00)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Türkiye’s commitment to strengthening its relations with the European Union and emphasized the country’s economic growth during a Cabinet meeting held at the Bestepe Presidential Complex in Ankara on Monday, APA reports citing Türkiye Today.

President Erdogan highlighted Türkiye’s participation in a European Union meeting via videoconference, where security and defensematters were discussed.

“We want to develop our relations with the European Union with a perspective focused on full membership, based on mutual respect and shared interests,” Erdogan said.

He reiterated Türkiye’s stance that a lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine must include both nations, warning that any solution excluding either side would not be sustainable.

"Türkiye’s balanced, consistent and principled stance in the Russia-Ukraine war is better appreciated today. We emphasize at every opportunity that a peace without Russia or Ukraine will never be permanent.

We want to develop our relations with the EU based on mutual respect on the basis of common interests and with a perspective that focuses on the goal of full membership. We remind them once again that Türkiye is the last exit before the bridge. It is our wish that our European friends understand the role of the new Türkiye in the reshaped world and determine their strategies accordingly. I believe that once this unity of understanding is established, relations between Türkiye and Europe will flourish rapidly in every field," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“We remind them that Türkiye is the last exit before the bridge,” he stated, underlining the country’s strategic importance in regional security and diplomacy.