Pan Armenian News

TURKEY NEVER MET EU CRITERIA

23.09.2005 08:16

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Representatives of various European political forces, who
took part in the conference organized by the European Armenian Federation
stressed that Turkey has never met the EU criteria let it be the Cypriot
issue or problems with Armenia. The conference entitled “December 2004 –
October 2005. Has Turkey changed?” was held in Brussels on September 22 on
the initiative of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany and the Hay Dat
European Committee. Over 200 participants from 15 EU member-states took part
in this conference. In his speech Vice Speaker of the Armenian National
Assembly Vahan Hovhannisian emphasized that Turkey’s aggressive policy
jeopardizes stability in the South Caucasus. To note, yesterday the
conference participants called upon the EU leaders to exercise vigilance,
Yerkir Online reports.