PREFECT OF THE PARIS DISTRICT AGAINST TURKEY TO JOIN EUROPEAN UNION

ARMINFO News Agency
October 3, 2006 Tuesday

Jacques Braveau, Prefect of Paris 9th district, will visit the Memorial
for the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire of
1915 /Tsitsernakaberd/. The press service of the Government of the
Republic of Armenia reported that J. Braveau is to visit the Museum –
Institute of Genocide of Armenians.

Jacques Braveau arrived in Armenia on Sept 30 as a representative of
Bertrand Delanoe, the Major of Paris. In the course of the official
visit he met with Yervand Zakharyan, the Major of Yerevan, and Vahan
Hovhannisyan, Vice-speaker of the National Assembly. He also visited
Yerevan State University of Armenia, where he delivered a speech
against Turkey to join the EU, as Turkey does not meet a number of
criteria necessary to join the European community.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress