ANKARA DID NOT LIKE EP RESOLUTION
Pan Armenian News
29.09.2005 03:16
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The Europarliament Resolution does not have
obligatory,” Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated, when commenting
the EP passage of a resolution providing for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by Ankara as a “compulsory conditions” for Turkey’s
EU accession. “No matter what a resolution they have passed, we
will not surrender our position,” the Turkish PM said. It should
be reminded that the resolution “gave OK” to the launching of the
talks on Turkey’s accession to the EU October 3. It should also be
noted that the resolution was passed with 356 MPs for, 181 against,
and 125 abstained.