Erdoğan tells Sarkozy he may attend Med union launch

Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) stands next to his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, as an official arranges the foreign ministers of D-8 nations for a group photo in Malaysia. Babacan said Turkey was assessing positively the issue of participation in the proposed Mediterranean Union. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he hopes to participate in a major summit in Paris on July 13 at which Sarkozy will launch his plan for a Union for the Mediterranean. Sarkozy yesterday initiated a telephone conversation with Erdoğan in order to personally invite Erdoğan to the summit, officials from the Prime Ministry office told Today's Zaman. "Mr. Prime Minister told the French president that he would consider attending the summit if his hectic schedule due to the domestic agenda... [read full story]