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    ANKARA, PARIS DRIFT APART IN ARAB STANCES

    Hurriyet Daily News
    Dec 26 2011
    Turkey

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutošlu said Dec. 24 that Turkey
    and France have different stances on Arab Spring countries and some
    countries, like France, are discontent with Turkey's emerging power in
    the region. He said Turkey supported the people of Tunisia and Egypt
    during their uprising to their autocratic regimes. He also said France
    had taken an opposite attitude, while speaking to Turkish state-owned
    TRT1 channel. Responding to a question of whether the France's
    resolution penalizing the denial of Armenian genocide allegations was
    a result of the struggle for influence in the region, Davutošlu said
    Turkey and France drifted apart in their stances toward Libya, Tunisia
    and Egypt. He said that France has supported autocratic leaders in
    Tunisia and Egypt. He said France felt guilty for its support these
    regimes and attempted to act bilaterally in Libya before any U.N.

    decision was taken. "If you are asking whether some [powers] are
    discontent with Turkey's emerging power in the region, yes, they are.

    But this will not change our efforts or principles," Davutošlu said.

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