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19 April 2005 - 06:59 AMT

EVENTS MARKING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CAN HAMPER TURKEY ACCESSION TO EU

To commemorate to the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this week the Public Radio of Hungary will daily broadcast the bell toll of Armenian churches at noon, the Yerkir newspaper reported. Besides Budapest the toll will be heard in Romanian cities, in Jerusalem, as well as Beirut and Yerevan. Thereupon Turkey has expressed apprehension that the holding of the events in Armenia and other countries can cause anti-Turkish moods around the world and can hamper Turkey’s accession to the EU. It should be noted that the majority of the Hungarian population and the country Government come for Turkey’s membership in the EU.