Amendment 18 to the report on Turkey's membership in EU calls on Turkey "to develop the process of reconciliation with the Armenian people by recognizing the Armenian Genocide".
The South Caucasian Resource Research Center conducted a social investigation in the three capital cities of the South Caucasus to clarify the changes, which occurred in the public consciousness during the post-soviet period.
The French and German Christian democrats are to vote against while their British, Italian and Spanish fellows are favoring opening EU membership talks with Turkey,
On Monday, during the session of the Bureau of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly it was decided to put David Atkinson's report on the agenda of PACE winter session. It should be reminded that the PACE Political Affairs Committee has heard the report and after making some corrections in the text, recommended to consider it during the upcoming session. The winter session will be held on January 23-28, 2005.