TURKEY GOT NO CHANCES FOR EU MEMBERSHIP IN COMING 10 YEARS, JACQUES CHIRAC CONSIDERSApril 29, 2004 - 22:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will need no less than 10 years to enter the European Union, French President Jacques Chirac stated at today's press conference devoted to issues of the EU enlargement. "The talks on Turkey's accession to the EU will take long and will last 10 years or more," he said. In the French President's opinion, "conditions for accession to the European Union are not formed in Turkey yet," Interfax news agency reported. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |