The Messenger, Georgia
March 4 2005
European court rejects Armenian suit
According to the Azeri newspaper 525 Gazeta, the European Court of
Human Rights rejected as groundless the case regarding the so-called
“Armenian Genocide.”
According to Turkish media, Armenians expressed recently that
Turkey’s membership in the European Union is unacceptable for them
unless Ankara acknowledges the “Armenian Genocide.” The paper notes
that even the official inclusion of Turkey as a candidate for the
membership in the European Union contradicts with the legal documents
of the organization. Referring to this, the paper writes, the
European-Armenian Society (headquartered in Marseilles, France) filed
a case in the European Court regarding the exclusion of Turkey from
the list of the candidate countries for membership of the European
Union.
The European Court considered the Armenian suit recently, where the
representatives of the European-Armenian Society stated that the
European Parliament is the highest body of the European Union and as
such it can rule that failing to acknowledge the “genocide” makes
Turkey ineligible for membership in this organization.
“That is why this issue must be considered once again and the
decision of the European Union, which allowed Turkey to be included
in the list of candidate countries for membership in the EU, also
should be changed,” the paper notes.
Afterwards, the plaintiffs accused the judge of injustice and
partiality towards Turkey. Members of Armenian organizations of
Europe state that they will conduct demonstrations in order not to
allow Turkey to become a member of the European Union without
recognizing the so-called genocide. However, Turkish society as well
as the government positively assessed the decision of the European
court. The paper notes that this decision deadlocked Armenians and
they were forced to reconcile with defeat, because nobody will be
able to block Turkey on its path to becoming a member of the European
Union.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress