European Parliament: Armenian Genocide Recognition – “Essential Term

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION – “ESSENTIAL TERM” FOR TURKEY’S ACCESSION TO EU

Pan Armenian News
28.09.2005 08:17

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today the European Parliament ratified a resolution
calling for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Ankara as an
“essential term” for Turkey’s accession to the EU. The resolution
gives ok to opening the negotiations on Turkey’s EU bid on October
3. The document was adopted with 356 votes “for”, 181 “against” and
125 abstentions. To note, earlier, in December 2004 the EuroParliament
adopted an amendment to the resolution “On Turkey’s Progress for EU
Membership” calling Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.