FRENCH PARLIAMENTARIAN PUSHES “GENOCIDE” ISSUE

IPR Strategic Business Information Database
February 28, 2005

According to Cumhuriyet, Turkey’ds relations with neighboring and
regional countries, especially Armenia, Greece and Greek Cyprus,
were discussed at the Turkish-European Union Joint Parliamentary
Commission’ds 53rd meeting. Addressing the gathering, French
parliamentarian Jacques Toubon said that Turkey should recognize the
so-called Armenian genocide and the Treaty of Sevres in order to join
the EU.