EU-ARMENIA COMMITTEE CALLS FOR OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
Panorama.am
17:43 05/02/2007
During the Jan 29-30 sitting in Brussels Armenia-European Union
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee made a statement, according to
which "it expresses an anxiety regarding the destruction of Jugha’s
cemetery and regrets that fact-finding mission has not been implemented
yet". Armen Roustamyan, Committee Co-chairman, NA deputy, noted that
the committee has begun its activities since 2004, and the January
sitting was the last one for the National Assembly of this convocation,
so he considers necessary to sum up the activities of the committee.
It should be noted that the statement refers to the Armenia-EU,
Armenia-Turkey relations, settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
and the internal situation of Armenia.
According to the statement, due implementation of the European
neighborhood policy will strengthen the Armenia-EU political
dialogue. Committee exhorts Turkey to take steps, without any
pre-condition, towards establishment of diplomatic and friendly
relations with Armenia, to open the land bound and re-launch
Kars-Gyumri railway.