Armenians Of Europe To Rally In Luxembourg On Day Eu-turkey Talks Start

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01.10.2005 03:26

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ October 3 some 3000 Armenians of Europe will hold a rally in Luxembourg, where the official opening of the talks on Turkey's accession to the EU is scheduled on that day. Armenians from France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Cyprus and Greece will arrive in Luxembourg for the event. As noted by Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of Eastern Europe Murad Papazyan, «thousands of Armenians should join the rally to confirm the well-known fact that if talks continue for 10-15 years, during all of these years we will keep struggling to make Turkey recognize the Armenian Genocide.» «We come against accession of Turkey to the EU. Turkey has to recognize the Armenian Genocide, to withdraw troops from Cyprus, to respect human rights,» he noted. When commenting on the resolution adopted by the European Parliament that urged Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide before accession to the EU, Murad Papazyan called it an «important step». The item was reflected in the resolution owing to efforts of Armenian organizations of Europe, he added.

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Aznavour: Armenia Should Take European Way

30.09.2005 08:28

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ «Armenian origins are exclusively important to me,» famous singer Charles Aznavour stated. «My parents and I were born not in our fatherland: my father was born in Georgia, while my mother in Turkey. They spoke many languages. They were widely open people and it helped up – their children – absorb various cultures of the East and West. In France itself I listened to Arab, Latin American and American music,» he remarked. Answering a question about assistance to Armenia, Charles Aznavour said, «I was engaged in assisting poor people, helped to restore electricity in the past. Today I am busy with building new schools, repairing old ones. The future of the country is the youth, as it is known.» Speaking of whether Armenia should follow Georgia's example and «turn towards the US,» the singer said Armenia should take the European way. «Its place is in Europe. I am pleased with Armenia preserving very good relations with Russia. By the way, I was in Uzbekistan lately and paid attention to the fact that all Uzbeks, like Armenians, speak Russian. From the geographic point of view Armenia also is closer to Russia than America,» Aznavour summed up, reported the Izvestia.