MEPs nevertheless stress that, although the recognition of the Armenian genocide as such is formally not one of the Copenhagen criteria, it is indispensable for a country on the road to membership to come to terms with and recognise its past.
Tas mudina Turciju nodibināt diplomātiskas un labas kaimiņattiecības ar Armēniju, pārtraukt ekonomisko blokādi un atvērt sauszemes robežu.