EU-Turkey Talks May Be Postponed For At Least A Year

EU-TURKEY TALKS MAY BE POSTPONED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.12.2006 16:13 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel offers to toughen
conditions for Turkey’s EU bid. She refrained from presenting ultimatum
to Turkey but adheres to a tough line on the state. The European Union
urges Turkey to recognize the Greek Republic of Cyprus and tries to
find instuments of influence on Ankara.

The proposal, which had been mooted at the recent NATO summit in
Riga, was discussed by Merkel and Chirac when they met in Mettlach in
western Germany on Tuesday. Merkel and Chirac met for their customary
bi-monthly informal talks, which were followed by a three-way summit
with Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

EU foreign ministers are expected to agree on the freeze when they
meet in Brussels on Dec. 11. The measure will see that eight of the
35 policy chapters, which all candidate nations must complete, remain
closed. A deadline for resuming full talks does not form part of the
proposal so far but officials have told the press that both France
and Germany believe it is necessary to maintain pressure on Ankara.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS