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    The Messenger, Georgia
    March 4 2005

    European court rejects Armenian suit


    According to the Azeri newspaper 525 Gazeta, the European Court of
    Human Rights rejected as groundless the case regarding the so-called
    "Armenian Genocide."
    According to Turkish media, Armenians expressed recently that
    Turkey's membership in the European Union is unacceptable for them
    unless Ankara acknowledges the "Armenian Genocide." The paper notes
    that even the official inclusion of Turkey as a candidate for the
    membership in the European Union contradicts with the legal documents
    of the organization. Referring to this, the paper writes, the
    European-Armenian Society (headquartered in Marseilles, France) filed
    a case in the European Court regarding the exclusion of Turkey from
    the list of the candidate countries for membership of the European
    Union.
    The European Court considered the Armenian suit recently, where the
    representatives of the European-Armenian Society stated that the
    European Parliament is the highest body of the European Union and as
    such it can rule that failing to acknowledge the "genocide" makes
    Turkey ineligible for membership in this organization.
    "That is why this issue must be considered once again and the
    decision of the European Union, which allowed Turkey to be included
    in the list of candidate countries for membership in the EU, also
    should be changed," the paper notes.
    Afterwards, the plaintiffs accused the judge of injustice and
    partiality towards Turkey. Members of Armenian organizations of
    Europe state that they will conduct demonstrations in order not to
    allow Turkey to become a member of the European Union without
    recognizing the so-called genocide. However, Turkish society as well
    as the government positively assessed the decision of the European
    court. The paper notes that this decision deadlocked Armenians and
    they were forced to reconcile with defeat, because nobody will be
    able to block Turkey on its path to becoming a member of the European
    Union.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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