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ERDOGAN: EU CANNOT URGE TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
01.07.2005 02:52
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `There are no terms like the Armenian Genocide recognition
and opening of borders with Armenia among the Copenhagen principles the EU
has stipulated on Turkey. In case such terms are imposed, Turkey will not
accept them', Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is on visit to Baku at present,
stated. In his words, recognition or non-recognition of the Armenian
Genocide and opening of borders with Armenia are Turkey's domestic issues.
`It is not the EU but Turkey to decide on these issues. Till today we have
been honoring all the commitments undertaken to the EU including the terms
of the Copenhagen principles', he said
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ERDOGAN: EU CANNOT URGE TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
01.07.2005 02:52
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `There are no terms like the Armenian Genocide recognition
and opening of borders with Armenia among the Copenhagen principles the EU
has stipulated on Turkey. In case such terms are imposed, Turkey will not
accept them', Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is on visit to Baku at present,
stated. In his words, recognition or non-recognition of the Armenian
Genocide and opening of borders with Armenia are Turkey's domestic issues.
`It is not the EU but Turkey to decide on these issues. Till today we have
been honoring all the commitments undertaken to the EU including the terms
of the Copenhagen principles', he said
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress