ARMENIA CANNOT BE SERIOUS FACTOR FOR EU ACCEPTING OR NOT ACCEPTING TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.09.2006 18:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia and Armenians themselves cannot be a serious
factor for EU accepting or not accepting Turkey, political science
doctor, historian Armen Ayvazyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In
his words, it is a problem of Europe, not the Armenians.

"The Armenians are lately raffled off as small change for the sake of
interests of European countries. Even the countries, whose parliaments
recognized the Armenian Genocide do not observe norms according to
the laws adopted. E.g. France, which recognized the Genocide in
a special law. No conclusions are made out of it to apply to the
current situation, the government, which committed the Genocide,
is not indicated. Even largest information agency as Agence France
Presse never utilizes the word "genocide". They write "massacre and
slaughter," the Armenian political scientist remarked.

"Turkey even today pursues a hostile policy regarding Armenia:
the blockade, full support to Azerbaijan in all fields." Ayvazyan
is convinced that one should leave euphoria from recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by various countries. "I believe that one should
deal with this issue more seriously and in a more balanced manner. The
resources and actions of Armenia and the Armenians should be aimed,
first of all, at improvement of the geopolitical situation of Armenia,
rather than participation in the European games with Turkey at our
expense", he said.