TURKEY: RESULT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTE - 11/10/01 The Parliament adopted yesterday in Committee its resolution
on Turkey's progress towards Accession (Lamassoure report). The European Parliament: `24. Supports the civil initiative launched by a group of former diplomats and academics from Turkey and Armenia, the aim of which is to arrive at a common understanding of the past ; *believes* that this initiative, *together with others, should lead* to the normalisation of relations between the communities *and states* concerned ;' "*24.bis (new) Urges, in this regard, Turkey to take all the necessary measures to establish a favourable climate to the stability of the whole Caucasus region; asks Turkey, in this regard, to play an active part in restoring the dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia and considers that lifting the blockade on Armenia could be a first concrete step towards a pacification of the region;* " The Committee also added a general reference to previous
resolutions in the preamble of the resolution. It has thus avoided making
an explicit reference to the Armenian genocide. Turquie : Le résultat du vote au Parlement Européen (11/10/2001) Le parlement a adopté en Commission le projet de résolution
sur les progrès de la Turquie sur la voie de l'adhésion (rapport Lamassoure).
La Commission parlementaire a également ajouté une
référence générale à ses résolutions précédentes dans le préambule de
la résolution. Elle n'a dont pas voulu faire de référence explicite
au génocide arménien. |
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