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    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    Oct 7 2011


    Turkey defies Sarkozy's remarks about Armenia


    ANKARA (A.A) -Turkey on Friday rejected French President Nicolas
    Sarkozy's remarks over the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire as
    "inconsistent and imprudent."

    Sarkozy, visiting Armenia on Thursday and Friday, the French leader
    had urged Turkey to review its history and recognize the Armenian
    allegations regarding the incidents of 1915 by the end of his own term
    of office. The French president also said that he would be in favour
    of taking further steps to support Armenian claims if Turkey fails to
    do that.

    "Attempts to exploit controversies between Turkey and Armenia by third
    parties for their domestic political agenda and even to see in
    themselves the right to connect this to their electoral calendar point
    to a misperception of their own political power. The French people
    will judge whether such approaches, based on electoral calculations,
    are compatible with the French democratic culture and state
    tradition," Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

    "Such an inconsistent and imprudent handling of this serious matter
    that has human and moral dimensions is unfortunate. Political
    declarations based on one-sided information and reflecting accusatory
    judgments regarding historical events are very far from the fair
    approach that this issue requires and demonstrate a failure to even
    comprehend Turkey's approach on the matter. This painful part of our
    long history with the Armenians can be freely debated in Turkey,
    unlike in some countries that are party to this issue or others that
    are not, including France.

    "Turkey will continue its constructive approach on how to improve its
    relations with Armenia, overcome the controversy over the events of
    1915 and reach a just memory.

    "What is expected from France is to make a positive contribution to
    this process and to adopt a responsible approach and discourse that
    would show care to avoid both damaging the multi-dimensional
    relationship between Turkey and France and offending the Turkish
    community in France," the ministry said.

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