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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, accession negotiations with Turkey began when it was considered that that country met the Copenhagen political criteria. This means that Turkey is assumed to be complying with the reform process and endeavouring to bring in new reforms. As the negotiating framework adopted by the Council in October 2005 states, progress in the negotiations depends on Turkey’s progress in the implementation of reforms.
The Council of the European Union will not adopt an opinion on the alleged genocide of Armenians in Turkey. Making historical judgments is the job of historians. The Union takes a positive view of certain initiatives, such as the conference in Turkey on the Armenian Question and Prime Minister Erdogan’s proposal to set up a joint Turkish-Armenian commission of historians to research the tragic events of 1915. The Union is enthusiastically encouraging Turkey to do all it can to improve relations with its neighbour Armenia, especially with regard to opening the border between the countries, which would be a very propitious move for the entire region.
It was this summer that the European Council last reconfirmed that it would adhere to its commitments on enlargement. No new criteria should be set midway though the negotiations process."@en1
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