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TURKEY'S STATEMENTS AGAINST FRANCE QUALIFIED AS BLACKMAIL BY ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
ARMENPRESS
JANUARY 16, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, ARMENPRESS: I do not think that all-human
merits can be replaced or become inferior to some other arguments,
Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan said during an annual summarizing press
conference, referring to the statements voiced by Turkey against the
bill penalizing denial of Armenian Genocide, Armenpress reports.
"Armenia has expressed its gratitude to the French leadership, National
Assembly, to French people, when the national Assembly passed that
bill. Today the bill is involved in the agenda of the Senate and the
arguments that are voiced by the Turkish party, mildly put, are quite
weak and senseless," the FM noted.
According to Edward Nalbandyan, the law cannot impede regulation of
Armenian-Turkish relations. "First of all the one does not have any
connection with the other, and if something impedes normalization of
the Armenian-Turkish relations, it is the position of the Turkish
party," the minister noted, adding that the entire international
community claims that the ball is in the Turkish field.
Speaking of the arguments that France pursues some economic profits
in Turkey, and if the bill is adopted issues will rise in this regard,
Mr. Nalbandyan said it looks like blackmail.
The minister stressed that the law to be adopted in France is the
fulfillment of the framework decision of the Council of the European
Union, adopted November 28, 2008.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
JANUARY 16, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, ARMENPRESS: I do not think that all-human
merits can be replaced or become inferior to some other arguments,
Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan said during an annual summarizing press
conference, referring to the statements voiced by Turkey against the
bill penalizing denial of Armenian Genocide, Armenpress reports.
"Armenia has expressed its gratitude to the French leadership, National
Assembly, to French people, when the national Assembly passed that
bill. Today the bill is involved in the agenda of the Senate and the
arguments that are voiced by the Turkish party, mildly put, are quite
weak and senseless," the FM noted.
According to Edward Nalbandyan, the law cannot impede regulation of
Armenian-Turkish relations. "First of all the one does not have any
connection with the other, and if something impedes normalization of
the Armenian-Turkish relations, it is the position of the Turkish
party," the minister noted, adding that the entire international
community claims that the ball is in the Turkish field.
Speaking of the arguments that France pursues some economic profits
in Turkey, and if the bill is adopted issues will rise in this regard,
Mr. Nalbandyan said it looks like blackmail.
The minister stressed that the law to be adopted in France is the
fulfillment of the framework decision of the Council of the European
Union, adopted November 28, 2008.
From: A. Papazian