FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE’S PROMISE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL UPSETS TURKS
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Oct 3 2011
Armenia
ISTANBUL. – Socialist Francois Hollande’s-who is viewed as top
nominee in next year’s presidential elections in France-declaration
that he will take steps toward returning to the French Senate the
law proposal to hold Armenian Genocide deniers to criminal account
has caused serious concern in Turkey.
In this connection, Turkey’s Ambassador in Paris Tahsin Burcuoglu sent
a letter to Hollande. “Adoption of this bill will deal a severe blow to
Turkish-French relations,” the Turkish ambassador said in the letter,
Sabah daily of Turkey writes.
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