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    Turkey's accession to EU to insure Armenia against war with Azerbaijan - paper

    Aykakan Zhamanak, Yerevan
    28 Oct 04

    Text of unattributed report by Armenian newspaper Aykakan Zhamanak
    on 28 October headlined "We are a nation that 'keeps traditions'"

    The prospect of Turkey joining the European Union has caused a vague
    rumpus in Armenia, and in fact, at the state level our country is
    against Turkey's joining the EU.

    An analysis of Armenia's position unequivocally shows that our country
    is against Turkey's joining the EU stemming not from future reasons but
    from those of the past. This approach is vulnerable because in fact
    it is taken at the traditional Armenian reflex level: Turkey means
    the enemy. But a sober analysis stemming from the state interests of
    Armenia should tell our political forces that Turkey's joining the
    EU meets the interests of Armenia. In this case Armenia will find
    itself among the countries that border the EU, which will make the
    prospect of our country joining the EU more realistic.

    But the problem has another more important aspect. If we stem from
    the point of view that Turkey is our enemy and a potential threat to
    Armenia, in this case we should be more interested in this country's
    joining the EU, because if we assess Turkey's current possible
    aggression against Armenia as 10, Turkey's possible aggression will
    not be more than one after it becomes a European Union member even
    given the most pessimistic predictions.

    If today there is little opportunity for the war against Azerbaijan
    to resume, Armenia should be interested in beginning talks
    with Turkey regarding its European Union membership as soon as
    possible. Because if we assess Turkey's current possible mediation
    in an Armenian-Azerbaijani war as 10, it cannot be more than 0.01 for
    Turkey which is in talks on joining the EU. Negotiations with Turkey
    regarding its EU membership could be that guarantee which will insure
    us against restarting war with Azerbaijan.
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