Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses the need for a renewed momentum in Turkey’s accession negotiations to avoid potential standstill in EU-Turkey relations; welcomes the statement by the General Affairs Council of 14 December 2010 calling for an intensified cooperation on security and foreign policy issues of mutual interest; takes the view that Ankara’s increasingly active foreign policy poses new challenges and opportunities for the CSFP; urges the VP/HR to engage Turkey in an institutionalized dialogue on key strategic issues - such as energy policy, stability in the Western Balkans and the Caucasus regions, Iran’s nuclear dossier, or the democratic awakening underway in the Middle East - thereby ensuring closer alignment of objectives as well as injecting new dynamism into bilateral relations; emphasizes, however, that such a dialogue should not substitute, but complement and reinforce, Turkey’s accession track;