June 20, 2003 - 23:51 AMT
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION URGES TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
"Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide", - forum chairman, head of Leftist Democratic Party of Italy Pierro Fasio stated at the conference of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) for Central and Eastern European states. As Yerevan "Yerkir" newspaper writes, in the work of the conference held in the Bulgarian parliament building June 14-15, the ISO secretary general Luis Ayala took part. Among the delegates of the European Socialist parties there was member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau Mario Nalbandian. During his speech he presented the results of the Armenian elections, the course of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and the anti-Armenian policy pursued by Turkey. The Armenian delegation voted against the suggested at the conference resolution on the European Union widening, which included the issue of Turkey's entry in the EU. Turkey, in their opinion, should fulfill its obligations not nominally, but in practice.