CHAIRMAN OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION IS AGAINST LAYING DOWN CONDITION TO TURKEY ON RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FOR JOINING EUROPEAN UNION
Yerevan, September 11. ArmInfo. The Chairman of the European
Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso said during the meeting with the
representatives of the reformist movement party in the Belgian
Parliament that he is against laying down a condition to Turkey on
recognition of the Armenian Genocide for joining the European Union.
As the Turkish Press informs, Barroso noted that "Turkey cannot be
forced to recognize the Armenian Genocide and this condition cannot
be laid down to Ankara ".
To be reminded, the European Parliament’s Committee for
Foreign Relations has recently approved the report of the Danish
Parliamentarian, Camiel Eirlings in Strasburg, according to which
Turkey has to recognize the Armenian Genocide as a condition for
joining the European Union. It is expected, in a fortnight, that
the document will be heard at the plenary session of the European
Commission, during which a final decision will be made about the report
fortune and inclusion in it or exclusion of the point concerning the
Armenian Genocide out of it.