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SARKOZY REFUSES TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL WITH GUL
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 21, 2011 - 11:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to talk to
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the phone as the latter attempted to
call him to personally convey his message over the bill criminalizing
the Armenian Genocide denial to be voted in French parliament on
December 22.
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the Elysee Palace was notified
Monday, December 19 morning that Gul would like to talk to Sarkozy in
person, but the request was not met, leading Gul to issue a written
statement.
"We have not received a reply from Sarkozy for the last two days,"
one source said. "Sarkozy did not have the courage to talk to Gul on
the issue."
After Gul's request to speak was turned down, a statement calling
on French parliament "to immediately abandon the bill" was posted on
the Turkish presidential website.
The statement warns that the move "jeopardizes deep-rooted bilateral
ties."
"I hope that this initiative, which flouts freedom of expression
and blocks even the path to objective scientific research, is
dropped in the shortest possible time," Gul said. "It's strange
and thought-provoking that such initiatives always coincide with
pre-election periods. Judging a country's history by the way of
political parliamentary moves and distorting history for the sake
of political ends is inconsiderate in the least." Ankara expects
"reason and common sense to prevail in France," he said.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 21, 2011 - 11:48 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to talk to
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the phone as the latter attempted to
call him to personally convey his message over the bill criminalizing
the Armenian Genocide denial to be voted in French parliament on
December 22.
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the Elysee Palace was notified
Monday, December 19 morning that Gul would like to talk to Sarkozy in
person, but the request was not met, leading Gul to issue a written
statement.
"We have not received a reply from Sarkozy for the last two days,"
one source said. "Sarkozy did not have the courage to talk to Gul on
the issue."
After Gul's request to speak was turned down, a statement calling
on French parliament "to immediately abandon the bill" was posted on
the Turkish presidential website.
The statement warns that the move "jeopardizes deep-rooted bilateral
ties."
"I hope that this initiative, which flouts freedom of expression
and blocks even the path to objective scientific research, is
dropped in the shortest possible time," Gul said. "It's strange
and thought-provoking that such initiatives always coincide with
pre-election periods. Judging a country's history by the way of
political parliamentary moves and distorting history for the sake
of political ends is inconsiderate in the least." Ankara expects
"reason and common sense to prevail in France," he said.
From: A. Papazian