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  • ANKARA: French FM Barnier: Make peace with your own history

    Milliyet, Turkey
    Feb 1, 2005

    FRENCH FM BARNIER: `MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR OWN HISTORY'

    Responding the questions of NTV on Turkey's EU membership bid and the
    allegations on the so-called Armenian genocide, French Foreign
    Minister Michel Barnier stated that the negotiations between Turkey
    and the European Union were set to begin on Oct. 3, 2005. `The
    results of the negotiations will completely depend upon Turkey's
    performance,' he said. Upon a question on the so-called Armenian
    genocide, Barnier said that when a country joined the ranks of the
    EU, it was obliged to accept the principle of making peace with other
    countries. `You will have to make peace with other countries as a EU
    member,' he added. `This is what we exactly did with the Germans to
    develop a complete European project. Moreover, you will have to make
    peace with your own history too. I guess Turkey should work on its
    historical memory to deal with the Armenian issue.' /Milliyet/
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