Green parliamentarian Cem Ozdemir stated that the European Union will urge Turkey to open borders with Armenia and show better attitude to the national minorities. When commenting on the EU-Turkey negotiations to open October 3 Mr. Ozdemir noted that the resolution to be adopted by the European Parliament on September 28 maintains an item urging Ankara “to make a decision on opening borders.” The parliamentarian also said that the Christian Democratic faction of the European Parliament will urge inclusion of the Armenian Genocide recognition by Ankara in the EU-Turkey negotiation agenda. When touching upon “December 2004 – October 2005. Has Turkey changed?” International Conference held September 22 in Brussels Cem Ozdemir noted that some participants stressed that “the European Union is a bloc of Christian states and cannot accept Muslim Turkey. “Nothing has changed in Turkey and it would be a historical mistake to accept it to the European Union”, European Parliament member Francesco Enrico Speroni stated, RFE/RL reports.
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