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TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON SWISS GENOCIDE PROBE
Anadolu Agency
Feb 7 2012
Turkey
Ankara, 7 February: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on
Tuesday said that Switzerland and France were two different cases.
Davutoglu's comments came after Switzerland launched an investigation
Monday on recent remarks made by Turkish EU Minister and Chief
Negotiator Egemen Bagis on the incidents of 1915 in Switzerland.
Switzerland and France are two cases that do not resemble each other.
On one hand, there is a law supported by the political will in France
and a completed process with penalties. On the other hand, there is
an incomplete legal process in Switzerland, Davutoglu noted.
Swiss Confederation President Michelin Calmy-Rey had criticized the
handling of historic matters by politicians in a recent trip to Turkey,
Davutoglu said.
We have summoned the Swiss ambassador in Ankara to the Turkish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Monday after Switzerland launched an
investigation against Egemen Bagis, Davutoglu underlined.
In a recent trip to Switzerland, Minister Bagis had said that the
incidents of 1915 were not a "genocide".
A law in Switzerland makes it a crime to deny Armenian allegations
in regard to the incidents of 1915.
Anadolu Agency
Feb 7 2012
Turkey
Ankara, 7 February: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on
Tuesday said that Switzerland and France were two different cases.
Davutoglu's comments came after Switzerland launched an investigation
Monday on recent remarks made by Turkish EU Minister and Chief
Negotiator Egemen Bagis on the incidents of 1915 in Switzerland.
Switzerland and France are two cases that do not resemble each other.
On one hand, there is a law supported by the political will in France
and a completed process with penalties. On the other hand, there is
an incomplete legal process in Switzerland, Davutoglu noted.
Swiss Confederation President Michelin Calmy-Rey had criticized the
handling of historic matters by politicians in a recent trip to Turkey,
Davutoglu said.
We have summoned the Swiss ambassador in Ankara to the Turkish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Monday after Switzerland launched an
investigation against Egemen Bagis, Davutoglu underlined.
In a recent trip to Switzerland, Minister Bagis had said that the
incidents of 1915 were not a "genocide".
A law in Switzerland makes it a crime to deny Armenian allegations
in regard to the incidents of 1915.