Karen Bekarian: For Turkey EU membership is more difficult than for ArmeniaFebruary 6, 2007 - 16:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Turkey must be a European Union member state. It is much talked about that in this case we will have common borders with Europe, we will have a predictable state. But in this case, when Turkey fulfills its all obligations in front of the European Union, which is not a matter of several years, it is a long process," Chairman of "European Integration" NGO political scientist Karen Bekarian said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net In his words, Turkey needs to integrate the European society and share European values. "Turkey is a very large country and it is more difficult for Turkey to do that than for Armenia. A tiny and mono-ethnic country like Armenia has more chances for integration than a large one. The EU is going to accept Albania and on the example of this Muslim country to see what European Union will get from its membership, that is, how the Islamic state will behave after getting 'veto' power in Europe," Bekarian underscored. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |