Turkish EU minister said that the government of Armenia was not courageous enough to accept Turkey’s offer that archives should be examined by scholars.
EU Minister Egemen Bagis attended a program “Talk to Al Jazeera” on news channel, Al Jazeera English.
Recalling that Turkey offered that all archives of Turkey and Armenia must be examined by scholars, he said but Armenian government did not accept it.
Asked whether he could apologize for what had happened in 1915 in the future, Bagis said, “if it is an unanimously accepted and historical truth, why not-”
Bagis said the French law penalizing the denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents during Ottoman Empire period limited free speech in France.
Replying to questions on Turkey’s EU membership, Bagis said that the key word was Turkey for several problems in Europe, stating that it was key word in economic crises in Europe.
Turkey is the fastest economy in Europe, he said.
Bagis said that Turkey was proving that it had a solid base for strong growing sustainable economy.
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