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EU TO URGE TURKEY TO OPEN BORDER WITH ARMENIA, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS
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23.09.2005 05:45
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Green parliamentarian Cem Ozdemir stated that the European
Union will urge Turkey to open borders with Armenia and show better attitude
to the national minorities. When commenting on the EU-Turkey negotiations to
open October 3 Mr. Ozdemir noted that the resolution to be adopted by the
European Parliament on September 28 maintains an item urging Ankara `to make
a decision on opening borders.’ The parliamentarian also said that the
Christian Democratic faction of the European Parliament will urge inclusion
of the Armenian Genocide recognition by Ankara in the EU-Turkey negotiation
agenda. When touching upon `December 2004 – October 2005. Has Turkey
changed?’ International Conference held September 22 in Brussels Cem Ozdemir
noted that some participants stressed that `the European Union is a bloc of
Christian states and cannot accept Muslim Turkey. `Nothing has changed in
Turkey and it would be a historical mistake to accept it to the European
Union’, European Parliament member Francesco Enrico Speroni stated, RFE/RL
reports.
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