BAKU: Turkish FM Assessed EU Report Satisfactorily

TURKISH FM ASSESSED EU REPORT SATISFACTORILY
Author: A.Aleskerov

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Sept 28 2006

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has satisfactorily assessed the report
confirmed by the European Parliament regarding the co-operation of
this Country with the European Community from the point of view of
"support of expectations in the process of co-operation with the
European Union".

It was important to exclude a section of formulations from the
report which could causes dissatisfaction and the possibility of
further harming relations between Turkey and the European Union,
Trend Special Correspondent in Ankara reports.

According to the local commentators, the satisfactory assessment of
Ankara towards the document is first linked with the exclusion of
the clause on recognition of "Armenian genocide".

During the consideration of the report project by the European
Parliament, the clause on the necessity of Ankara’s recognizing the
"Armenian genocide" was excluded from the document.