ARMENIAN FM CALLED EP RESOLUTION POSITIVE AND NATURAL

Pan Armenian News
29.09.2005 05:40

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ If Turkey wishes accession to the EU, it has to
comply with EU standards. To that end it has to establish normal
relations with neighbors, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated at a
joint news conference with EU Special Representative for the South
Caucasus Heikki Talvitie. He hoped for the question of opening
the border with Armenia to be discussed at the talks over Turkey’s
accession to the EU. V. Oskanian called “positive and natural” the
EP passing a resolution, which conditioned Turkey accession to the EU
with recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Ankara. In the Armenian
FM’s words, the discussion of Armenian issues within the context of the
talks will have a positive impact on the Armenian-Turkish relations. In
his turn Heikki Talvitie noted the EP resolution is an evidence that
“issues of Armenian-Turkish relations will be discussed during the
talks over Turkey’s accession to the EU.”