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    PanARMENIAN.Net

    EP rapporteur accuses Armenian lobby of blackmail?
    28.02.2009 14:06 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The European Parliamentâ??s rapporteur on
    Turkey, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, has said Armenian lobbyists have threatened
    to destroy her career because she has refused to refer the 1915 events
    as Genocide.

    She said Armenians have told her that they will do their best to
    prevent her re-election to the European Parliament.

    Vowing that she would work hard to keep her report as it was, she
    said, "I will never step away. If I am convinced that the document is
    good for both Turks and Armenians, then I will keep the report as it
    is."

    Stressing that she very much appreciated Turkish President Abdullah
    Gulâ??s visit to Armenia last fall, Oomen-Ruijten added that
    the Turkish-Armenian border should be opened.

    â??But that the Armenians living in Europe and the U.S. are
    not very interested in the opening of the border,â?? she
    added, Todayâ??s Zaman reports.
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