ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DISCUSSED WITHIN EU-TURKEY NEGOTIATION FRAMEWORK

Pan Armenian News
02.09.2005 06:23

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot stated that the
Armenian Genocide is being discussed within the EU-Turkey negotiation
framework. He reminded of the obligation to maintain friendly relations
with the neighbors and undertake steps for the peaceful settlement of
the disputes over the borders, what is included on the negotiation
agenda. When asked whether the aforesaid means that Turkey will
have to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide as a part of its history,
Mr. Bot said “yes”. “It is a common European approach and Turkey is
aware of it”, he said, Mediamax reports.