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TURKEY PROTESTS 'GENOCIDE' MOVE IN FRANCE, CALLS IT 'OTIOSE'
Hurriyet
Sept 5 2012
Turkey
Turkey has sent a letter to the French education minister calling
its introduction of the alleged Armenian genocide to French history
textbooks "an otiose move" after delivering a diplomatic note of
protest on the issue.
"Our ambassador in Paris [Tahsin Burcuoglu] has delivered a note of
protest to the officials at the French Foreign Ministry, while also
sending a letter to the French education minister [Vincent Peillon],"
a Turkish diplomat told the Hurriyet Daily News yesterday, noting
that the letter must have reached to the French minister on Wednesday.
"The letter will remind him how otiose it is to include Armenian
[genocide] claims in textbooks. It will also note that similar
initiatives have been taken in the past and all of those initiatives
have been destined to remain futile," the diplomat, speaking on the
condition of anonymity, said.
When asked what the Turkish capital's next move to protest France
would be, the diplomat said they would first of all wait for the
French side's response to Turkey's protests so far.
September/05/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-protests-genocide-move-in-france-calls-it-otiose.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29442&NewsCatID=338
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet
Sept 5 2012
Turkey
Turkey has sent a letter to the French education minister calling
its introduction of the alleged Armenian genocide to French history
textbooks "an otiose move" after delivering a diplomatic note of
protest on the issue.
"Our ambassador in Paris [Tahsin Burcuoglu] has delivered a note of
protest to the officials at the French Foreign Ministry, while also
sending a letter to the French education minister [Vincent Peillon],"
a Turkish diplomat told the Hurriyet Daily News yesterday, noting
that the letter must have reached to the French minister on Wednesday.
"The letter will remind him how otiose it is to include Armenian
[genocide] claims in textbooks. It will also note that similar
initiatives have been taken in the past and all of those initiatives
have been destined to remain futile," the diplomat, speaking on the
condition of anonymity, said.
When asked what the Turkish capital's next move to protest France
would be, the diplomat said they would first of all wait for the
French side's response to Turkey's protests so far.
September/05/2012
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-protests-genocide-move-in-france-calls-it-otiose.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29442&NewsCatID=338
From: Baghdasarian