(MENAFN) The European Union (EU) is expected to turn into an international power if it allowed Turkey to join the body.
Faruk Kaymakci, deputy foreign minister and director of Turkey's EU affairs, made the statement during an interview with Anadolu Agency.
The official assured that "Turkey's membership will seriously affect and shape the EU. Likewise, Turkey will provide the EU with many things that the other member countries can't."
Kaymakci further added that "Turkey is the country which will make the utmost contribution to the EU for it to become a global power in the areas of energy, foreign policy, security, and defense."
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