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    Agence France Presse
    January 3, 2012 Tuesday 10:29 AM GMT


    Turkey's ambassador will return to Paris: sources

    ANKARA, Jan 3 2012


    Turkey's ambassador to Paris will soon return to France after he was
    recalled as French lawmakers approved a bill criminalising denial of
    the Armenian genocide, Turkish diplomatic sources said Tuesday.

    Ambassador Tahsin Burcuoglu, who was recalled to Turkey for
    consultations on December 23, will resume his work in Paris to try to
    prevent the French Senate from approving the bill, they said.

    "I do not rule out (the possibility) that he is going back. He was
    recalled for consultations and it was not expected that he would stay
    in Turkey forever," a diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.

    Another diplomatic source said Burcuoglu planned to be back to Paris next week.

    French lawmakers last month voted to jail and fine anyone in France
    who denies that the 1915 killings of Armenians under the Ottoman
    Empire amounted to genocide, prompting Turkey to suspend political and
    military cooperation with Paris.

    Turkey also threatened a new round of retaliations if the French
    Senate passes the bill, a process which could take months.

    In 1915 and 1916, during World War I many Armenians died in Ottoman
    Turkey. Armenia says 1.5 million were killed in a genocide. Turkey
    says around 500,000 died in fighting after Armenians sided with
    Russian invaders.

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