"EU Cautious over Turkish Proposal on Armenian Genocide Allegations
By Selcuk Gultasli
Published: Friday 15, 2005
zaman.com
The European Union (EU) has not given a clear response to a Turkish proposal to re-examine the Armenian genocide allegations in a joint and independent commission.
Brussels adopted a cautious approach on the proposal and refrained from describing the step as positive. Emphasizing that the issue is a historical one and is not included in the Copenhagen Criteria, EU Commission officials expressed in a statement to Zaman that clarifying the 'tragic events' occurred in 1915 would help to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia. "
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