OFFICIAL YEREVAN HOPES TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SOON
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 5 2005
YEREVAN, October 5. /ARKA/. Armenia hopes that the beginning of
the negotiations on Turkey’s membership in the EU will make Turkey
recognize the Armenian Genocide. According to the press release of
the RA MFA Press Service Department, such an opinion was expressed
by the MFA Press Secretary Hamlet Gasparyan. According to the press
release, the beginning of the negotiations on Turkey’s membership in
the EU will put the EU-Turkey relations on a new level. According
to the press release, at this stage Turkey is going to carry out
fundamental changes. Particularly, Armenia hopes that the beginning
of the negotiations on Turkey’s membership in the EU will bring to
opening of the Turkish border with Armenia and to real steps aimed
to protect the rights of national minorities, strengthen democratic
values and principles. A.H. –0–