Anatolian Times, Turkey
Sept 23 2005

European Commission On Suspension Of Armenian Conference

BRUSSELS – The suspension of a conference entitled ”Ottoman
Armenians during the Empire’s Fall” will be reflected in the
European Commission’s regular progress report on Turkey (to be
released on November 9th), said Commission spokeswoman Krisztina
Nagy.
During her regular press briefing, Nagy said that the Commission
strongly deplored this attempt, and noted that the suspension
illustrated the difficulties of Turkey, and in particular of the
judiciary.

Stressing that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s and
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul’s statements on this development were
noted down, Nagy said the timing of this decision the day before the
opening of the conference seemed like yet another ”provocation”.