Turkish President’s Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin responded to President Emmanuel Macron’s statement regarding the declaration of April 24 as the Armenian Genocide Memorial Day in France.

Kalin described Macron’s claims about the Armenian Genocide as a political lie.

“We strongly condemn Macron’s statement on declaring April 24 as the so-called Armenian Genocide Memorial Day,” Erdogan’s spokesman said. Cullen accused Macron of using historical events as a tool for political purposes.