TURKEY HAS TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, THOUGH IT WILL HARDLY CONDITION ACCESSION TO EUSeptember 27, 2004 - 19:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Official Ankara recognizing the Armenian Genocide will hardly be a condition for Turkey's accession to the European Union, Vice-President of the Assembly of West European Union Marco Zakera stated at a press conference in the Embassy of Italy in Armenia today. At the same time he noted that Turkey has to recognize the Armenian Genocide and reminded that in its time the Italian Parliament passed a resolution, which mentions the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. In M. Zakera's words, he is personally for Turkey's membership in the EU in case of fulfillment of certain EU criteria. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution. U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Viva: Armenia's leading technology company introduces a new trademark The updated brand Viva reflects a qualitatively new level of digital services. |