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Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
May 11, 2012 Friday
Turkey hopes for better ties with France
ISTANBUL, Jumada II 20, 1433, May 11, 2012, SPA -- A Turkish news
agency has reported that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has telephoned
French President-elect Francois Hollande to congratulate him on his
election victory, and expressed wishes for a new era in relations,
according to AP.
Anadolu news agency said late Thursday that Hollande responded to
Erdogan's gestures to resolve tensions by saying France and Turkey
share a common vision on many international issues, and that he wants
the countries to be on good terms.
Tensions peaked earlier this year when France debated a law making it
a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a
century ago amounted to genocide. The law was eventually ruled
unconstitutional.
May 11, 2012 Friday
Turkey hopes for better ties with France
ISTANBUL, Jumada II 20, 1433, May 11, 2012, SPA -- A Turkish news
agency has reported that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has telephoned
French President-elect Francois Hollande to congratulate him on his
election victory, and expressed wishes for a new era in relations,
according to AP.
Anadolu news agency said late Thursday that Hollande responded to
Erdogan's gestures to resolve tensions by saying France and Turkey
share a common vision on many international issues, and that he wants
the countries to be on good terms.
Tensions peaked earlier this year when France debated a law making it
a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a
century ago amounted to genocide. The law was eventually ruled
unconstitutional.