Karolos Papoulias: Turkey must adapt himself to EU requirements, and not the oppositeJune 26, 2007 - 20:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "As you know, since 2005 Turkey holds membership negotiations with the European Union. From the first day Greek supported Ankara's membership to the EU, however Turkey must accept European preconditions like all other states, which have become European Union member-states," Greek President Karolos Papoulias stated to a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian in Yerevan. He said, Turkey must adapt himself to EU requirements, and not the opposite. "I hope Ankara will think it over and take into consideration that it is unacceptable to enter Europe under the existence of a 35-thousand occupation army in Cyprus, which is a member of the European Union," K. Papoulias said. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |