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ARMENIA IS NOT EUROPE YET: AND WHAT ABOUT TURKEY?
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2011/10/17/anri
02:51 pm | Oct 17, 2011
Turkey has a positive and important role in the region. However,
Turkey cannot become a EU member solely because the country is not
in Europe, French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud told a press
conference on Monday.
"Ankara is an important friend and ally for Paris, but only outside
the European Union," said the French ambassador.
At the same time, Reynaud does not exclude that Armenia may become a
full part of united Europe in the near future. Europe already views
Armenia as a country that is rapidly moving towards the European Union.
In reply to A1+'s question whether France is going to shoulder the
initiative of the Karabakh conflict resolution and French President
Nicolas Sarkozy has already arranged a meeting with Armenian and
Azerbaijani Presidents, the French ambassador said he had learned
the news from the Armenian press.
"I do not possess such information. France is for the maintenance of
the Minsk Group format and resumption of the talks, since we think
that there is nothing worse than frozen conflicts," said Henri Reynaud.
The French ambassador reminded the call of the French President
who urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to cooperate in finding a peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The French ambassador stressed that France is interested in increasing
its economic presence in Armenia, including participation in the
improvement of country's strategic infrastructures.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2011/10/17/anri
02:51 pm | Oct 17, 2011
Turkey has a positive and important role in the region. However,
Turkey cannot become a EU member solely because the country is not
in Europe, French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud told a press
conference on Monday.
"Ankara is an important friend and ally for Paris, but only outside
the European Union," said the French ambassador.
At the same time, Reynaud does not exclude that Armenia may become a
full part of united Europe in the near future. Europe already views
Armenia as a country that is rapidly moving towards the European Union.
In reply to A1+'s question whether France is going to shoulder the
initiative of the Karabakh conflict resolution and French President
Nicolas Sarkozy has already arranged a meeting with Armenian and
Azerbaijani Presidents, the French ambassador said he had learned
the news from the Armenian press.
"I do not possess such information. France is for the maintenance of
the Minsk Group format and resumption of the talks, since we think
that there is nothing worse than frozen conflicts," said Henri Reynaud.
The French ambassador reminded the call of the French President
who urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to cooperate in finding a peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The French ambassador stressed that France is interested in increasing
its economic presence in Armenia, including participation in the
improvement of country's strategic infrastructures.