TALKS WITH ANKARA TO CONTINUE, FM JUPPE
ANSA med
March 15, 2012 Thursday 12:33 PM CET
Italy
After friction over Armenian genocide issue
(ANSAmed) France is "continuing to talk" to Turkey, said French
Foreign Minister Alain Juppe' on the France Culture radio station.
"Our relations with Turkey have not been severed, to the contrary.
Our economic relations are still very strong (...), our cultural
relations are as well, and we will continue to speak to Turkey," Juppe'
said in reference to the recent friction between the two countries
over the French law penalising denial of the Armenian genocide. The
latter was recently rejected by the Constitutional Court.
ANSA med
March 15, 2012 Thursday 12:33 PM CET
Italy
After friction over Armenian genocide issue
(ANSAmed) France is "continuing to talk" to Turkey, said French
Foreign Minister Alain Juppe' on the France Culture radio station.
"Our relations with Turkey have not been severed, to the contrary.
Our economic relations are still very strong (...), our cultural
relations are as well, and we will continue to speak to Turkey," Juppe'
said in reference to the recent friction between the two countries
over the French law penalising denial of the Armenian genocide. The
latter was recently rejected by the Constitutional Court.