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CCAF condemns French FM's remarks on Turkey's accession to EU
February 13, 2013 - 20:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Co-ordination Council of Armenian organisations of
France (CCAF) issued a statement condemning the French Foreign
Minister Laurent Fabius's statement on positive signal to the
authoritarian regime of Turkey.
As Paris-based independent journalist Jean Eckian told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, CCAF slams France's decision to give its
agreement to the opening of a new chapter in Turkey-EU talks.
`The initiative, issued by Laurent Fabius on February 12, is
incomprehensible in the context of serious violations of freedoms in
the country,' he said.
`This shocking decision of the French government is also considered in
the context of racism and violence against minorities in Turkey
(murder of Armenian women in Istanbul, anti-Kurdish repression, as
well as January 9 assassination of 3 Kurdish activists in Paris'
French student of Turkish origin Sevil Sevimli writes.
`Considering these events, Laurent Fabius's announcement constitutes a
provocation and an encouragement in the turpitude of the AKP. It
expresses a cynical conception of the diplomacy, in total
contradiction with the commitments affirmed by the president of the
republic on the conditions of Turkey's accession to the EU,' CCAF
statement reads.
February 13, 2013 - 20:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Co-ordination Council of Armenian organisations of
France (CCAF) issued a statement condemning the French Foreign
Minister Laurent Fabius's statement on positive signal to the
authoritarian regime of Turkey.
As Paris-based independent journalist Jean Eckian told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, CCAF slams France's decision to give its
agreement to the opening of a new chapter in Turkey-EU talks.
`The initiative, issued by Laurent Fabius on February 12, is
incomprehensible in the context of serious violations of freedoms in
the country,' he said.
`This shocking decision of the French government is also considered in
the context of racism and violence against minorities in Turkey
(murder of Armenian women in Istanbul, anti-Kurdish repression, as
well as January 9 assassination of 3 Kurdish activists in Paris'
French student of Turkish origin Sevil Sevimli writes.
`Considering these events, Laurent Fabius's announcement constitutes a
provocation and an encouragement in the turpitude of the AKP. It
expresses a cynical conception of the diplomacy, in total
contradiction with the commitments affirmed by the president of the
republic on the conditions of Turkey's accession to the EU,' CCAF
statement reads.