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SARKOZY TRIES TO CLARIFY "ARMENIA THREAT"
www.worldbulletin.net, Turkey
Oct 14 2011
Sarkozy had said France could pass a law, similar to that in
Switzerland, which would support Armenian allegations regarding the
incidents of 1915.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy tried to make up to Turkey by his
advisor Jean David Levitte after his recent remarks on the incidents
of 1915 in a visit to Yereven caused great uproar in Turkey, Anadolu
news agency reported on Friday.
Sarkozy had said France could pass a law, similar to that in
Switzerland, which would support Armenian allegations regarding the
incidents of 1915.
Sarkozy, on a brief trip to the Caucasus, urged Turkey to recognize
the 1915 killings of Armenians as "genocide", threatening to pass a law
in France that would make having different views on the controversial
matter "a crime".
Following Sarkozy's visit to Yerevan, Levitte invited Turkish
Ambassador in Paris Tahsin Burcuoglu to the Elysee Palace by phone.
Diplomatic sources told the AA on Friday that in their meeting Levitte
informed Burcuoglu that Sarkozy's remarks were "misunderstood" and
that France did not want to hurt relations with Turkey.
France considers Turkey as a great country and we pay high attention
to Turkey's friendship, Levitte told Burcuoglu.
Ambassador Burcuoglu once more reiterated Turkey's sensitivity on the
matter and told Levitte that a new legislation on the incidents of 1915
at the French Parliament would severely hurt Turkish-French relations.
The French media ran news reports that Sarkozy's comments made in
Yerevan were uttered due to domestic politics in France.
Turkey rejects the term and denies that up to 1.5 million Armenians
died. It says many Muslim Turks and Kurds, as well as Christian
Armenians, were killed in inter-communal violence as Russian forces
invaded eastern Anatolia during World War One.
www.worldbulletin.net, Turkey
Oct 14 2011
Sarkozy had said France could pass a law, similar to that in
Switzerland, which would support Armenian allegations regarding the
incidents of 1915.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy tried to make up to Turkey by his
advisor Jean David Levitte after his recent remarks on the incidents
of 1915 in a visit to Yereven caused great uproar in Turkey, Anadolu
news agency reported on Friday.
Sarkozy had said France could pass a law, similar to that in
Switzerland, which would support Armenian allegations regarding the
incidents of 1915.
Sarkozy, on a brief trip to the Caucasus, urged Turkey to recognize
the 1915 killings of Armenians as "genocide", threatening to pass a law
in France that would make having different views on the controversial
matter "a crime".
Following Sarkozy's visit to Yerevan, Levitte invited Turkish
Ambassador in Paris Tahsin Burcuoglu to the Elysee Palace by phone.
Diplomatic sources told the AA on Friday that in their meeting Levitte
informed Burcuoglu that Sarkozy's remarks were "misunderstood" and
that France did not want to hurt relations with Turkey.
France considers Turkey as a great country and we pay high attention
to Turkey's friendship, Levitte told Burcuoglu.
Ambassador Burcuoglu once more reiterated Turkey's sensitivity on the
matter and told Levitte that a new legislation on the incidents of 1915
at the French Parliament would severely hurt Turkish-French relations.
The French media ran news reports that Sarkozy's comments made in
Yerevan were uttered due to domestic politics in France.
Turkey rejects the term and denies that up to 1.5 million Armenians
died. It says many Muslim Turks and Kurds, as well as Christian
Armenians, were killed in inter-communal violence as Russian forces
invaded eastern Anatolia during World War One.