ERGUN KIRLIKOVALI
Thursday
Oct 08th
| Thursday, 08 October 2009 | |
| Adressing to MEPs during the “Genocide Conference” in EP, member of the European Parliament and rapporteur on EU- Enlargement, German Christian Democrat Elmar Brok called European Union to press Turkey for recognition of so called Armenian genocide. “To accept its past and to take a lesson from the past is one of the principles that EU is established on.” Making a speech in the conference that is supported by Jewish community and French IBUKA organization, Brok said that European Union is established on ethic values. “We cannot make progress if we deny the past. Before anything else, I want to thank you for reacting to a catastrophe that took place in the begining of 20th century,” said he. Brok said, “History is a part of our identity and we cannot question it. Another piece of this humanly virtue is to take the responsibility of the things we did to other people. European Union should press Turkey for recognition of ’genocide’. To accept its past and to take a lesson from the past is one of the principles that EU is established on. We cannot accept ’denial’ as responsible Europeans.” |
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