Jean-Marie Lepen: US Want to Push Turkey into EUNovember 3, 2005 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - «Turkey is on the way of Islamization. As compared to the Eastern Europe, Turkey does not follow a way of becoming more secular,» stated Chairman of National Front Party of France Jean-Marie Le Pen in the course of a news conference in Limassol, Cyprus. He censured the US for overthrowing secular governments of the Near East, including those in Syria and Iraq. Le Pen reaffirmed his indisputable oppositionist stand towards Turkey's accession to the EU. «Americans actually want to push Turkey into the EU,» he stated. In his words, apparently Turks are not Europeans either in geographic, historical or cultural respects. «Europe may be composed only of European countries,» remarked Le Pen. During Le Pen's news conference a group of Greeks organized a rally with transparencies «Hitler, Le Pen - let them never be again». In response Le Pen stated, «Let them organize their rally in Ankara.» Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |