ARMENIA ASKS EU TO RECONSIDER TURKISH ENTRY
Malaysia Sun, Malaysia
Sept 27 2007
Armenia has asked the European Union to carefully consider any decision
to admit Turkey before the two countries settle their disputes.
Turkey closed its borders with its tiny neighbour in 1993 in protest
at Armenia’s capture of territory inside Azerbaijan, an historic ally
of Turkey’s.
The two countries are also at odds over Ankara’s refusal to acknowledge
as genocide the massacre of large numbers of Armenians in Ottoman
Turkey at the start of the last century.
The Armenians believe the application by Turkey to join the EU
should be conditional on Ankara changing its stance on the border
with Armenia and on diplomatic relations.
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