Nato urges EU to boost defence ties with Turkey

The European Union should extend its defence ties with Turkey to help ease EU co-operation with Nato, the alliance's secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said at a conference in Paris, 7 July 2008.

NATO: Speeche, 7.7.08: Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the High-level seminar on relations between the European Union and NATO, Paris, 7 July 2008 http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2008/s080707a.html

NATO: NATO-EU: a strategic partnership http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49217.htm

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