ANKARA: French Ambassador: "Turkish-French Relations Will Be Hurt By

FRENCH AMBASSADOR: “TURKISH-FRENCH RELATIONS WILL BE HURT BY PASSAGE OF THE ARMENIAN BILL”
Turkish Press
Oct 16 2006
Appearing on television yesterday, France’s Ambassador to Ankara
Paul Poudade commented on the French Parliament’s passage of the
Armenian bill, saying that French-Turkish relation could be hurt by
the decision. Poudade pointed out that the bill was passed by the
lower house of Parliament, but had not yet become a law. “Accepting
the so-called Armenian genocide claims is not a precondition for
Turkey’s European Union membership bid,” said Poudade, adding that
dialogue between the sides on the issue should be should be improved.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS