Turkish Press
May 12 2006
Press Review
SABAH
TURKISH-FRENCH COMMERCE ASSOCIATION SENDS LETTER TO CHIRAC OPPOSING
ARMENIAN BILL
The Turkish-French Commerce Association this week sent a letter to
French President Jacques Chirac warning that the bill could have
negative effects. Also a Turkish parliamentary delegation, currently
in Paris to lobby against the so-called Armenian genocide bill,
yesterday met with French Parliament Foreign Commission Deputy Chair
Herve de Charette. The delegation includes Mehmet Dulger and Musa
Sivacioglu from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as
well as Onur Oymen and Gulsun Bilgehan Toker from the main opposition
Republican People’s Party (CHP). /Sabah/