PanARMENIAN.Net
Turkey Misleads Europe about Its True Intentions and Policies toward
Armenia
02.06.2006 13:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Reports, based on sources in the Turkish government,
are being circulated by the Turkish media allege that “secret talks”
are taking place between Armenia and Turkey aimed at normalizing
relations between these two countries. Sources close to the Turkish
government quoted the government’s spokesperson, Namik Tan, as saying
that Turkey intends to continue to make efforts to normalize relations
with Armenia.
The European Armenian Federation recalls that, each year, on the eve
of the European Union’s annual assessment of Turkey’s candidacy,
Ankara revives its efforts to misinform and disorient European public
opinion about its true intentions and policies toward Armenia. “We
have no doubt that meetings between emissaries of both countries may
occur but there is a clear evidence that, as in the past, actual
progress will not be possible until Turkey undertakes a fundamental
realignment of its policies toward Armenia,” said Hilda Tchoboian,
Chairperson of the European Armenian Federation.
The Federation notes that Turkey continues to strangle Armenia through
blockade and a broader strategy aimed at isolating Armenia
internationally, and that it persists in escalating its political
campaign to deny the Armenian Genocide. The European Armenian
Federation urges the European authorities to condemn Turkey’s efforts
to mislead and confuse the European family of nations regarding its
true posture toward Armenia. “If Turkey truly wants to become a
European nation, it needs to take the steps that the world expects of
it – including acknowledging its state responsibility for the Armenian
Genocide and lifting its blockade of Armenia,” concluded Tchoboian.
To remind, the Turkish MFA stated that Yerevan and Ankara hold `secret
talks’. The Armenian Foreign Ministry neither confirmed nor refuted
the information, remarking that the Armenian and Turkish diplomats
hold meetings at various levels.