February 25, 2005 - 20:11 AMT
ARMENIA DOES NOT OBJECT TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP
Armenian National Assembly Speaker met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer, RA NA press service reports. During the meeting the parties discussed the prospects of the Armenian-Austrian cooperation within the framework of Wider Europe: New Neighbors EU program as well as the process of the Karabakh conflict settlement. Heinz Fischer noted that Austria is the adherent of regional stability and cooperation. Artur Baghdasarian in his turn mentioned of the coming 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and touched upon the Armenian-Turkish relations. In his words, Armenia does not object to Turkey's EU membership. "Armenia is for normal relations with Turkey though official Ankara is still imposing blockade against Armenia", Artur Baghdasarian stated.