Turkish foreign office comments on European Parliament report on  "EU-Armenia Relations."

ArmInfo.Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Tanju Bilgic has issued a  statement in response to a question regarding the European Parliament report on "EU-Armenia Relations."

The statement reads: 

"The European Parliament's regular report, titled 'EU-Armenia  Relations', dated 15 March 2023 once again includes unfounded  allegations regarding TЃrkiye and 1915 events.

"These remarks which disregard historical facts and international  legal norms are null and void.

"We call on the European Parliament to act in conformity with  political ethics and international law, instead of reiterating such  one-sided and baseless claims."

According to Point 30 of the European Parliament report on  "EU-Armenia Relations", the European Parliament "Supports the  normalisation of relations between Armenia and TЃrkiye in the  interest of reconciliation, regional stability and security as well  as socio-economic development and welcomes the progress achieved so  far, including the resumption of flights between the two countries;  calls for the speedy implementation of agreements reached by the  special representatives; recalls that the previous attempt to  normalise relations between Armenia and TЃrkiye through the signing  of 2009 protocols failed because of TЃrkiye's unilateral support for  Azerbaijan and its decision to make the opening of the border and  establishment of diplomatic relations with Armenia conditional on the  resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; calls on both sides to  engage in the process in good faith and without preconditions and  calls for the EU to actively support this process; expresses the hope  that this may give impetus to the normalisation of relations in the  South Caucasus region; encourages TЃrkiye once again to recognise the  Armenian Genocide to pave the way for genuine reconciliation between  the Turkish and Armenian peoples, and to fully respect its  obligations to protect Armenian cultural heritage;"

The report in full is available here: 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2023-0036_EN.html