ANKARA AGAIN SEEKS TO MISLEAD EUROPE ABOUT ITS ANTAGONISTIC POLICY TOWARD ARMENIA
Reports, based on sources in
the Turkish government, are being
circulated by the Turkish
media allege that "secret talks" are taking
place between Armenia and
Turkey aimed at normalizing relations between these
two countries. Sources close to the Turkish government quoted the government's
spokesperson, Namik Tan, as saying that Turkey intends to continue
to make efforts to normalize
relations with Armenia.
The European Armenian
Federation recalls that, each year, on the eve of
the European Union's annual
assessment of Turkey's candidacy, Ankara
revives its efforts to
misinform and disorient European public opinion
about its true intentions and
policies toward Armenia.
"We have no doubt that
meetings between emissaries of both countries may occur
but there is a clear evidence that, as in the past, actual
progress will not be possible
until Turkey undertakes a fundamental
realignment of its policies
toward Armenia," said Hilda Tchoboian,
Chairperson of the European
Armenian Federation.
The Federation notes that
Turkey continues to strangle Armenia through
blockade and a broader
strategy aimed at isolating Armenia internationally,
and that it persists in escalating its political
campaign to deny the Armenian
Genocide.
"Along the same lines as
the notorious Erdogan proposal to establish a
'historians committee,' this
new effort does little to conceal Turkey's
belligerent attitude toward
Armenia or its desire to treat Armenia as a
hostage country,"
continued Tchoboian.
The European Armenian
Federation urges the European authorities to
condemn Turkey's efforts to
mislead and confuse the European family of
nations regarding its true
posture toward Armenia.
"If Turkey truly wants
to become a European nation, it needs to take the
steps that the world expects
of it - including acknowledging its state
responsibility for the
Armenian Genocide and lifting its blockade of
Armenia," concluded
Tchoboian.
