Karen Bekarian: For Turkey EU membership is more difficult than for Armenia

February 6, 2007 - 16:23 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - "Turkey must be a European Union member state. It is much talked about that in this case we will have common borders with Europe, we will have a predictable state. But in this case, when Turkey fulfills its all obligations in front of the European Union, which is not a matter of several years, it is a long process," Chairman of "European Integration" NGO political scientist Karen Bekarian said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net In his words, Turkey needs to integrate the European society and share European values. "Turkey is a very large country and it is more difficult for Turkey to do that than for Armenia. A tiny and mono-ethnic country like Armenia has more chances for integration than a large one. The EU is going to accept Albania and on the example of this Muslim country to see what European Union will get from its membership, that is, how the Islamic state will behave after getting 'veto' power in Europe," Bekarian underscored.



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