The EU insisted on the adoption of the measure as a condition for the opening of accession talks at the end of 2004. In other news, two police officers were killed and one was injured during an attack on a checkpoint in the town of Mardin in southeastern Turkey.
EU je inzistirala na usvajanju tih mjera kao uvjeta za pokretanje pregovora o prijamu krajem 2004. godine. U međuvremenu, dva policajca su ubijena, dok je jedan ranjen, u napadu na nadzornom punktu u mjestu Mardin na jugoistoku Turske.