Daily Star, Lebanon
April 26 2005

News in Brief

Beirut MP urges Europe to be strict with Turkey

Beirut MP Hagop Kassardjian urged the European head of states not to
tarry in defending political values by barring Turkey from joining
the European Union if it expresses reluctance in meeting any of the
union’s basic terms.

Speaking on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide, Kassardjian said the Armenian genocide and Turkey’s
acknowledgement of the issue is a very delicate case that requires
the efforts of the European peoples and governments to be brought to
light in addition to other issues such as the rights of minorities.