Schroeder: Turkey Has Fulfilled Its Promises

ANKARA - ''Turkey has fulfilled its promises to the EU so far. I believe it will fulfill its promises until October 3rd as well,'' said German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a dinner in honor of Schroeder on Tuesday.
Schroeder conveyed his views to Erdogan about economic, political, commercial and cultural relations between Turkey and Germany as well as EU, Armenia and Cyprus issues.
Schroeder said, ''we welcome Turkey's steps regarding Cyprus issue. I hope Turkey will sign Ankara Agreement Protocol before October 3rd.''
''We welcome the proposal which was presented to Armenian President Robert Kocharian. We will support every step which will be taken to develop relations between Turkey and Armenia. We support the proposal of opening archives mutually and historians to be included in the issue. Joint study of historians will be an important step,'' he said.
Erdogan and Schroeder expressed pleasure over positive and dynamic relations between Turkey and Germany.
Both leaders agreed to pursue relations in trade and investment areas with further cooperation between two countries.