ARMENIA-EU PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION COMMISSION CALLS TURKEY FOR ESTABLISHING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA WITHOUT ANY PRECONDITIONS

Noyan Tapan
Feb 05 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia-European Union Parliamentary
Cooperation Commission calls Turkey for completely corresponding to
its status of candidate to EU membership and without any preconditions
undertaking steps in the direction of establishing diplomatic and
good-neighborly relations with Armenia, opening the land border as
soon as possible, as well as reopening the Kars-Gyumri railway. This
was mentioned in the statement-proposals adopted at the Commission’s
9th sitting held on January 29-30 in Brussels.

Armen Rustamian, Commission’s Co-chairman, Chairman of RA NA Standing
Committee of Foreign Relations, presenting the document consisting of
42 points at the February 5 press conference, said that the document
mainly relates to EU-Armenia relations, domestic situation in Armenia,
Nagorno Karabakh settlement and Armenian-Turkish relations.

In the context of EU-Armenia relations the Commission, in particular,
called the European Commission for initiating a realizable study in
the direction of creating a possible agreement on free trade between
EU and Armenia.

In the part relating to domestic situation in Armenia the Commission
especially attached importance to ensuring of holding of 2007
parliamentary elections in correspondence with international standards,
as well as necessity of raising opposition’s role. The Commission also
greeted events on fighting corruption by the government at the same
time emphasizing that this is still considered as a serious problem.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress