TURKEY DOES NOT DESERVE THE RIGHT TO TALKS FOR EU MEMBERSHIP: VARDAN OSKANIAN

YEREVAN, October 11 (Noyan Tapan). “We are somehow concerned over
Turkey’s accession to the European Union,” Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanian told an October 11 news conference. According to him,
the point of departure for Turkey’s readiness to become an EU member
is much lower than that of the other countries that have joint the
organization. “The country that has closed the border with Armenia and
whose Criminal Code stipulates punishment for anyone recognizing the
Armenian Genocide or supportive for bringing out the Turkish troops
from the teritory of Cyprus does not deserve the right to talks over
the EU membership. We believe that Turkey is not ready for accession,”
the Armenian foreign minister stated.