EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEMANDS ADMISSION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FROM TURKEY
ARKA News Agency
July 11 2006
YEREVAN, July 11. /ARKA/. Representatives of the principal political
groups of the European Parliament are for the issue of the Armenian
Genocide to be put on the agenda of negotiations with Turkey for its
admission to the EU.
The parliamentarians are for the admission of the Armenian Genocide
in Turkey and the lifting of Armenia’s blockade to be negotiated with
Brussels as a condition for Turkey’s admission to the European Union.
Finland, which took over the EU chairmanship from July 1, 2006,
threatened to stop negotiations with Turkey.
Finnish Premier Matti Vanhanen stated that the dialogue can be stopped
at any time if Ankara fails to execute its commitments to the European
Union. Turkey still refuses to recognize the sovereignty of Cyprus,
which was admitted to the EU in May 2004, and to receive planes and
ships of that country.
On July 12, the Foreign Affairs Committee, European Parliament,
is to consider Turkey’s progress on its way to the EU.
The European Parliament also demands the resolution of the Kurdish
problem. Turkey must ensure the right to free expression to the
national minorities.
The Foreign Ministers of 25 EU member-countries "gave a go-ahead"
to Turkey’s admission to the EU in October 2005 with a reservation
that the process would not be a mechanical one and might be stopped.
The European Parliament demands that Turkey admit the Armenian Genocide
as a condition for its admission to the EU. P.T. -0–