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TURKISH PREMIER HOPES FOR BETTER TIES WITH FRANCE AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Anadolu Agency
May 7 2012
Turkey
GAZIANTEP (AA) -May 7, 2012 -Turkish prime minister expressed hope
on Sunday that Turkey-France relations would be better in the new
era that began after Sunday's presidential election in France.
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Nicolas Sarkozy had promised to
quit politics if he lost the election, and noted that Sarkozy would
most probably be on holiday from now on.
"Turkey-France relations should be better, based on peace, solidarity
and sensitivity in this new era in France," Erdogan held a press
conference in the southeastern province of Gaziantep before he left
for Slovenia.
Erdogan said if populist messages in election campaigns were reflected
on implementations of the new administration in France, it would have
a negative impact on Turkey-France relations.
"I hope that they would just remain as remarks made at squares,"
he said.
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande won the second round of the
French presidential election by gaining 52 per cent of the votes.
Sarkozy's votes stayed at 48 per cent.
57-year-old Hollande began his political career as the adviser to
Francois Mitterrand, who served as the president of France between
1981 and 1995.
Hollande, who supported the law criminalizing denial of Armenian
allegations regarding the incidents of 1915, has given the message
that he does no more welcome Turkey's European Union membership saying
that negotiations have prolonged for so long.
The French Constitutional Council has rejected the law criminalizing
denial of Armenian allegations.
Anadolu Agency
May 7 2012
Turkey
GAZIANTEP (AA) -May 7, 2012 -Turkish prime minister expressed hope
on Sunday that Turkey-France relations would be better in the new
era that began after Sunday's presidential election in France.
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Nicolas Sarkozy had promised to
quit politics if he lost the election, and noted that Sarkozy would
most probably be on holiday from now on.
"Turkey-France relations should be better, based on peace, solidarity
and sensitivity in this new era in France," Erdogan held a press
conference in the southeastern province of Gaziantep before he left
for Slovenia.
Erdogan said if populist messages in election campaigns were reflected
on implementations of the new administration in France, it would have
a negative impact on Turkey-France relations.
"I hope that they would just remain as remarks made at squares,"
he said.
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande won the second round of the
French presidential election by gaining 52 per cent of the votes.
Sarkozy's votes stayed at 48 per cent.
57-year-old Hollande began his political career as the adviser to
Francois Mitterrand, who served as the president of France between
1981 and 1995.
Hollande, who supported the law criminalizing denial of Armenian
allegations regarding the incidents of 1915, has given the message
that he does no more welcome Turkey's European Union membership saying
that negotiations have prolonged for so long.
The French Constitutional Council has rejected the law criminalizing
denial of Armenian allegations.