Turkey’s blockade of Armenia now in EU’s hands, says Armenian president

Arminfo
22 Nov 04

Yerevan, 22 November: One of the obstacles to EU cooperation with the
South Caucasus countries is Turkey’s blockade of Armenia, Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan said at the Berlin Economic Forum on
19 November.

“It seems to us abnormal when a country starting negotiations
for EU accession is blockading a member-country of the European
New Neighbourhood programme,” the Armenian president noted, adding
that today there is a chance to settle the problem and it is in the
EU’s hands.

“In essence, the EU was established thanks to its founders’
pragmatism. All this started not with the parliamentary assembly and
ministerial councils, but with an understanding of the harmony of
interests and compatibility of the value system. I should like to see
the same in the member-countries of the European New Neighbourhood
programme,” the Armenian president concluded.