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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 11th, 2004
Contact: Talline Tachdjian
Tel.: +32 (0)2 732 70 27
EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION POLLS EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CANDIDATES
Brussels, Belgium – The European Armenian Federation has sent a
questionnaire to a representative sample of some 20,000 candidates
participating in the upcoming European Parliament elections.
The questionnaire was addressed to 1354 candidates from 25 European
Union countries, in proportion to the number of seats by country and
political party affiliations. The poll is made up of four multiple
choice questions, focusing on Turkey’s aggressive policy lead toward
Armenia and its Armenian community, in the framework of its candidacy
to join the European Union.
“The first question deals with genocide denial and the incitement of
hatred against Armenians through the Turkish scholar programmes,”
explained Laurent Leylekian, Director of the European Armenian
Federation. “The second is concerning the destruction or the conversion
of Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey. The third deals with the
blockade of Armenia, while the fourth is a more general question
regarding the European Union’s final borders.”
He went on to note: “We understand the procedural restrictions and
limitations on Members of Parliament. That is why we provided a choice
of questionnaire responses which do not deal with overall principles,
but call for concrete commitments within the framework of possibilities
and which deal with Ankara’s candidacy to the European Union.”
The European Armenian Federation office has already begun receiving
answers to the questionnaire. The results will be published,
following the tabulation of responses, on the Federation’s website —
— and through press releases.
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