HOLLAND PUTS RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AS PRECONDITION FOR TURKEY

Azg/arm
24 Dec 04

On December 22, the Lower House of Holland’s Parliament adopted a
decision, according to which they demand from the government to make
Ankara recognize the Armenian Genocide of the early XX century before
opening the negotiations for Turkey’s entry to the EU.

On December 16, the EU Parliament called on Turkey to recognize the
Armenian Genocide and open the borders with Armenia. If the official
Yerevan welcomed the decision of the EU Parliament, only a day later,
when the EU decided to open the entry negotiations with Turkey on
October 3, 2005, Armenia kept silence. Can we suppose that Armenia is
not that encouraged by EUâ~@~Ys decision on Turkeyâ~@~Y s membership?

In response to this question put by Azg Daily Oskanian said: “We are
satisfied with the created situation, as we had limited expectations
concerning the decree adopted by the EU Parliament, we really expected
that the Armenian issue will not be a pre-condition. Today, we have the
decision of the European Parliament that creates a special formula and
puts forward a demand for Turkey to recognize the Armenia Genocide and
open the border-gate with Armenia as soon as possible. On October 3,
when Turkey-EU negotiations open, I am sure these two issue will be
included in the agenda.”

By Tatoul Hakobian

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