IN U.S. CONGRESSMAN’S WORDS, TURKEY DOES NOT IMPLEMENT YET REGIONAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS TO JOIN EU

Noyan Tapan
Dec 11 2006

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "Turkey must first of all
accept its mistakes, stimulate cooperation in South Caucasus and
respect neighboring Armenia before becoming a European Union member,"
is said in the statement made public at the House of Representatives
by Joe Knollenberg, the Co-Chairman of the U.S. Congress Caucus on
Armenian Issues. The Congressman reminds that the time given to Turkey
by the European Union expired on December 6 of this year, when the
latter was to display will of making amendments. "We call on Turkey
to respect the obligations undertaken by it and to implement economic,
regional and political reforms to join the European Union," is said in
the statement. Addressing to members of the House of Representatives,
Joe Knollenberg emphasized that Armenia has friendly relations with
the U.S. and other countries of the world, and Turkey ignores the
important role of Armenia in the South Caucasian region. "The goal of
the European Union is to establish cooperation among countries having
similar interests, and Turkey, which, having history of terrorizing
other countries, does not correspond to those principles until it does
not change its way of actions, U.S. Congressman Joe Knollenberg stated.