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EAFJD: TURKEY THREATENS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.09.2006 15:05 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Socialist and Liberal groups demand to suppress
the paragraph on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a
precondition to the adhesion of Turkey. Under the pressure exercised by
Turkey, the Socialist and Liberal groups -while being the two principal
promoters of the paragraph in question during the vote of September 4
in the Committee on Foreign Affairs - have performed an about turn by
submitting an amendment which aims to suppress the precondition. These
amendments do not enjoy the unanimity of their groups.
"Turkey has imposed these amendments by intimidating certain members of
the two groups. Several parliamentarians close to the file have even
been personally threatened" declared Hilda Tchoboian, the president
of the European Armenian Federation.
"Turkey, while not in Europe, is attempting to revert and direct
the political line of our European representatives and is imposing
its denial. The recognition of the genocide as a precondition to
the adhesion was adopted in the same terms in the resolution of
September 2005. We warn against this risky strategy which will
offend the European nations in order "not to offend" a state which
is definitively negationist" concluded Hilda Tchoboian.
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.09.2006 15:05 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Socialist and Liberal groups demand to suppress
the paragraph on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a
precondition to the adhesion of Turkey. Under the pressure exercised by
Turkey, the Socialist and Liberal groups -while being the two principal
promoters of the paragraph in question during the vote of September 4
in the Committee on Foreign Affairs - have performed an about turn by
submitting an amendment which aims to suppress the precondition. These
amendments do not enjoy the unanimity of their groups.
"Turkey has imposed these amendments by intimidating certain members of
the two groups. Several parliamentarians close to the file have even
been personally threatened" declared Hilda Tchoboian, the president
of the European Armenian Federation.
"Turkey, while not in Europe, is attempting to revert and direct
the political line of our European representatives and is imposing
its denial. The recognition of the genocide as a precondition to
the adhesion was adopted in the same terms in the resolution of
September 2005. We warn against this risky strategy which will
offend the European nations in order "not to offend" a state which
is definitively negationist" concluded Hilda Tchoboian.