Young Armenians against Turkey’s entry into EU

Mediamax news agency
17 Dec 04

Yerevan, 17 December: Several dozens of members of the youth
organization of the Dashnaktsutyun Party held a protest action today
outside the Yerevan office of the delegation of the European Commission
in Georgia and Armenia.

Mediamax news agency reports that the action was timed to coincide with
the summit of the leaders of European Union countries in Brussels,
which is to adopt an official decision to start talks on Turkey’s
accession to the EU.

The participants in the protest action also sent a letter to all the
EU embassies in Yerevan. The letter says:

“Turkey is conducting an extremely hostile policy with regard to
our country, repeatedly violating the principles of international
law. Turkey is destroying Armenia’s cultural heritage. Armenian
youth are worried that human rights violations and restrictions on
freedom of speech are taking place in Turkey. The European Union is a
model for the protection of human rights and main freedoms. However,
the start of the negotiating process on Turkey’s accession to the EU
casts a shadow on this image of the EU. Young Armenians hope that the
EU leaders will deny Turkey accession until that country recognizes
the 1915 genocide of Armenians.”