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EuroNews, France
July 6 2012
France, Turkey move to mend ties after Paris ditches genocide law for good
Turkey on Thursday moved to repair ties with France after Paris said
it will not resurrect a law on the mass killing of Armenians by
Ottoman Turks in 1915.
French MPs from the centre-right UMP party put forward a bill last
year that would have made it a crime to deny that their deaths
amounted to genocide.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters that Ankara
had lifted all diplomatic and economic sanctions taken against France.
`As a result of the few difficulties which we have experienced in the
past, Turkey took a series of measures against France, but I'd like to
announce that these measures have been completely removed,' he said.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius `hailed a new period of
relations on every level' between the two countries.
France, which has half a million citizens of Armenian descent, already
recognised the killings as genocide in 2001.
But last year's bill sparked protests across Turkey.
Turkish officials recognise atrocities were committed but deny there
was any systematic attempt to wipe out the Armenian people.
http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/06/france-turkey-move-to-mend-ties-after-paris-ditches-genocide-law-for-good/
From: Baghdasarian
July 6 2012
France, Turkey move to mend ties after Paris ditches genocide law for good
Turkey on Thursday moved to repair ties with France after Paris said
it will not resurrect a law on the mass killing of Armenians by
Ottoman Turks in 1915.
French MPs from the centre-right UMP party put forward a bill last
year that would have made it a crime to deny that their deaths
amounted to genocide.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters that Ankara
had lifted all diplomatic and economic sanctions taken against France.
`As a result of the few difficulties which we have experienced in the
past, Turkey took a series of measures against France, but I'd like to
announce that these measures have been completely removed,' he said.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius `hailed a new period of
relations on every level' between the two countries.
France, which has half a million citizens of Armenian descent, already
recognised the killings as genocide in 2001.
But last year's bill sparked protests across Turkey.
Turkish officials recognise atrocities were committed but deny there
was any systematic attempt to wipe out the Armenian people.
http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/06/france-turkey-move-to-mend-ties-after-paris-ditches-genocide-law-for-good/
From: Baghdasarian