ARMENIAN PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE WARNS THE EUROPEAN STATES NOT TO FAIL THE QUESTION OF TURKEY’S EU MEMBERSHIP
The EU Summit at Brussels is to finish up today. As it is well known the participants of the summit were inclined to stop negotiating the 8 terms of Turkey’s membership and to delay the determination of a certain date for Turkey’s commitments on Cyprus. In this respect, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Mesrob II Mutafian addressed the heads of the European states.
The Patriarch’s message, dated December 12, was published on "Abhaber" (Turkish version of Euronews) website. On December 14 "Miliet" also responded to this message.
The Turkish newspaper says that on December 15, 2006 the Patriarch addressed the kings, queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands and the UK, expressing his attitude to the issue of Turkey’s membership in the EU. "On December 14 the EU is to make a vital decision concerning Turkey’s membership. That decision will have a multiple effect," "Milliet" reports Mesrob II’s words. The Patriarch expressed his concerns with the difficulties in EU-Turkey relations. To his opinion EU membership is a priority for the people of Turkey and that the promises of the EU have brought forth considerable progress in the country. Due to the reforms the situation with the rights of the Turkish citizens and religious and ethnic minorities has improved. The Patriarch assured that the progressive reforms are likely to proceed. He said that Turkey’s membership will have positive effect not on Turkey only but also on the whole Europe. He expressed hope that the EU will not fail Turkey’s attempts for membership achievement by the means of imposing newer and newer demands.
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- 1772 Birth of Hakob Shahen-Jrpetyan (armenologist) in Urfa. He died in 1837 In Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1912 Hovhannes Toomanyan heads the Caucasian Association of Armenian writers in Tbilissi (Georgia).
- 1915 The Turkish government cancels the Armenian Reforms Project, signed on 1914 02 08.
- 1917 The People's Commissariat of Soviet Russia (headed by Lenin), appoints Shahoomyan (President of the Baku Commune) as temporary extraordinary commissar for Caucasian affairs.
- 1955 Death of psychiatrist and professor, K. Aghajanian.
- 1966 Adoption, by the United Nations, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Both documents establish that All peoples have the right of self-determination. (Article One).
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