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Anadolu Agency, Turkey
May 24 2012
Visiting Turkish deputy premier hopes for better relations with France
PARIS (AA) -May 24, 2012 -Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan
has said his country's relations with France would be more positive
during Francois Hollande's presidential term when compared to the
Sarkozy era.
"I think our bilateral relations will be more favourable for a time
when compared to the Sarkozy era," Babacan told Turkish reporters
after the closing session Thursday of an OECD Ministerial Council
meeting in Paris, which was chaired by the Turkish deputy premier.
Babacan, however, sounded cautious over the new French president's
stance over Turkey's European Union membership bid and Armenian
allegations on the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire, saying,"
we will have to wait to see what their positions will be."
Babacan said Turkey was willing to continue its good relations with
France, adding that his first impressions over the new French
government were positive in terms of future ties with the country.
May 24 2012
Visiting Turkish deputy premier hopes for better relations with France
PARIS (AA) -May 24, 2012 -Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan
has said his country's relations with France would be more positive
during Francois Hollande's presidential term when compared to the
Sarkozy era.
"I think our bilateral relations will be more favourable for a time
when compared to the Sarkozy era," Babacan told Turkish reporters
after the closing session Thursday of an OECD Ministerial Council
meeting in Paris, which was chaired by the Turkish deputy premier.
Babacan, however, sounded cautious over the new French president's
stance over Turkey's European Union membership bid and Armenian
allegations on the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire, saying,"
we will have to wait to see what their positions will be."
Babacan said Turkey was willing to continue its good relations with
France, adding that his first impressions over the new French
government were positive in terms of future ties with the country.