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TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF FRENCH COMPANIES
Anadolu Agency
Dec 16 2011
Turkey
Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met representatives
of French companies in Ankara on Friday.
Davutoglu conveyed his views to the representatives about a French
resolution criminalizing rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining
to the incidents of 1915.
Diplomatic sources said that Davutoglu warned the executives of French
companies - which invest or work in Turkey - that the relations between
Turkey and France would be harmed, if the resolution was adopted.
Davutoglu said that it was unfortunate to bring such a resolution
onto the agenda while there was an ongoing economic crisis in Europe.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Turkish businessmen will visit Paris next
week to prevent the resolution being adopted at French parliament.
In a former warning, Turkey had told the French Parliament that
history could not be written by the parliaments.
Turkey had asked the French Parliament to implement a report that
was prepared by an investigation committee at the French parliament
in 2008.
In a statement posted on their web site, the Turkish embassy in Paris
said that "the investigation committee was chaired by parliament
speaker Bernard Accoyer and the committee in its report had said that
the parliaments' role was not to write history nor to make legislation
that would require penalties".
In their statement, the Turkish Embassy said that they hoped French
authorities would leave history to historians.
A draft law on the same issue had come up at the Senate in May but
was not accepted by a majority. We were astonished to see an identical
draft law get approved at the French parliamentary committee on laws
at a time when France was getting ready for elections, the Turkish
Embassy said.
Earlier on Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent
a letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in order to warn the
country about Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915.
The French parliament will vote on the draft law that criminalizes
rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915
on 22 December.
The draft law will make it possible to penalize individuals who
reject Armenian allegations by a prison term of one year and a fine
of 45,000 euros.
Anadolu Agency
Dec 16 2011
Turkey
Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met representatives
of French companies in Ankara on Friday.
Davutoglu conveyed his views to the representatives about a French
resolution criminalizing rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining
to the incidents of 1915.
Diplomatic sources said that Davutoglu warned the executives of French
companies - which invest or work in Turkey - that the relations between
Turkey and France would be harmed, if the resolution was adopted.
Davutoglu said that it was unfortunate to bring such a resolution
onto the agenda while there was an ongoing economic crisis in Europe.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Turkish businessmen will visit Paris next
week to prevent the resolution being adopted at French parliament.
In a former warning, Turkey had told the French Parliament that
history could not be written by the parliaments.
Turkey had asked the French Parliament to implement a report that
was prepared by an investigation committee at the French parliament
in 2008.
In a statement posted on their web site, the Turkish embassy in Paris
said that "the investigation committee was chaired by parliament
speaker Bernard Accoyer and the committee in its report had said that
the parliaments' role was not to write history nor to make legislation
that would require penalties".
In their statement, the Turkish Embassy said that they hoped French
authorities would leave history to historians.
A draft law on the same issue had come up at the Senate in May but
was not accepted by a majority. We were astonished to see an identical
draft law get approved at the French parliamentary committee on laws
at a time when France was getting ready for elections, the Turkish
Embassy said.
Earlier on Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent
a letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy in order to warn the
country about Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915.
The French parliament will vote on the draft law that criminalizes
rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915
on 22 December.
The draft law will make it possible to penalize individuals who
reject Armenian allegations by a prison term of one year and a fine
of 45,000 euros.