FRENCH PRESIDENT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT INCLUSION OF ‘GENOCIDE’ IN SCHOOL BOOKS
Turkish Press
Aug 29 2012
A recent decision to include the alleged Armenian genocide in French
history textbooks was made out of the knowledge of French President
Francois Hollande, daily Hurriyet reported today.
The president did not give any instruction for the new regulation,
Hollande reportedly told Hurriyet during the 20th Annual Ambassador’s
Conference in Paris. “I do not know about this effort. It’s absolutely
out of my knowledge,” Hollande said. “Changes in the books are
prepared by commissions … The decision does not come from me,
but I will ask and learn where it comes from. Then I will inform
you.” The study had been conducted by the French Education Ministry
for many years, but diplomacy has never been involved in the issue,
French Ambassador to Turkey Laurent Bili told Hurriyet, also noting
that it did not come as a surprise.
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