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TURKISH ENVOY RETURNS TO PARIS AFTER CONSULTATIONS
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Jan 9 2012
Azerbaijan
Turkey's Ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu returned to Paris on
Saturday after two weeks in Turkey for consultations with the Foreign
Ministry, which decided to pull the ambassador after a majority in
the French lower house approved a bill to criminalize the denial of
"Armenian genocide." Today`s Zaman reported
Burcuoglu left Turkey on Saturday to resume his mission in Paris,
where he is expected to keep up Turkey's efforts to block the bill
from coming to the agenda of the French Senate or, alternatively,
get it voted down. Turkey argues the bill will damage freedom of
expression in France and drastically hurt financial ties between
the two countries. Speaking to reporters in late December during
his stay in Turkey, Burcuoglu noted he was not withdrawn from Paris
indefinitely but for consultations, and it would only be natural for
him to return to France to keep up Turkish efforts "until the end."
Trend
Jan 9 2012
Azerbaijan
Turkey's Ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu returned to Paris on
Saturday after two weeks in Turkey for consultations with the Foreign
Ministry, which decided to pull the ambassador after a majority in
the French lower house approved a bill to criminalize the denial of
"Armenian genocide." Today`s Zaman reported
Burcuoglu left Turkey on Saturday to resume his mission in Paris,
where he is expected to keep up Turkey's efforts to block the bill
from coming to the agenda of the French Senate or, alternatively,
get it voted down. Turkey argues the bill will damage freedom of
expression in France and drastically hurt financial ties between
the two countries. Speaking to reporters in late December during
his stay in Turkey, Burcuoglu noted he was not withdrawn from Paris
indefinitely but for consultations, and it would only be natural for
him to return to France to keep up Turkish efforts "until the end."