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    ARKA News Agency, Armenia
    Sept 28 2005

    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S RESOLUTION ON TURKEY POSITIVE, NATURAL: VARTAN
    OSKANYAN

    YEREVAN, September 29. /ARKA/. RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan
    considers the resolution on Turkey concerning the admission of the
    Armenian Genocide adopted by the European Parliament to be positive
    and natural. At his press conference on the upcoming visit of the
    Special Representative of the European Parliament to the South
    Caucasus, Minister Oskanyan said that if Turkey wants to be admitted
    to the EU, it must meet the standards of European countries.
    Therefore, it has to re-open the border with Armenia, take a sober
    view of its past and make an appropriate assessment of the 1915
    events.
    EU Special Representative to the South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie
    shared Minister Oskanyan's opinion, pointing out that the European
    Parliament's resolution means that the issues of Armenian-Turkish
    relations will be settled during negotiations for Turkey's admission
    to the EU. On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted for
    negotiations with Turkey. On the other hand, it adopted a resolution
    recommending Turkey to admit mass murders of Armenians. In his turn,
    Turkish Premier Recep Tayip stated that Turkey will not admit the
    Armenian Genocide during WWI. P.T. -0--
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