FOCUS Information Agency - The Turkish President Abdullah Gul Friday rejected shift in its foreign policy, Xinhua News Agency informed.Abdullah Gul said in Istanbul: "No, there is not. Look, this is the European side of Istanbul, there is the Asian side over there and the bridge stands right in the middle".
He made the statement while replying to a question by a reporter whether there has been any changes in Turkey's foreign policy.
However, the Turkish government has successfully pursued a policy to develop political and economic relations with Muslim and Arab countries as European countries, France and Germany in particular, reject Turkish EU accession bid.
French Minister for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche said here on Friday "We, the Westerners, think that the West would lose Turkey when she moves towards the East. I do not think this is a valid argument. No one has lost Turkey."
"Turkey is protecting her own national interests. Turkey is active in the West as much as she is in the East," Lellouche stressed.
Reminding that France did not look at Turkey's membership in the EU positively, Lellouche said he looked at the continuation of EU negotiations warmly and welcomed the opening of new chapters to negotiations.
