CHIRAC TO VISIT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT
United Press International
Sept 19 2006
PARIS, Sept. 19 (UPI) — French President Jacques Chirac plans to visit
a monument to the victims of Turkish genocide on a trip to Armenia.
Turkey has been unwilling to acknowledge that thousands of Armenians
were killed during World War I.
A Turkish newspaper, The New Anatolian, reporting on Chirac’s plans,
referred to the massacre as "the so-called Armenian genocide" and
said the president’s trip could be an additional strain on relations
between France and Turkey.
Chirac is scheduled to arrive in Armenia Sept. 29. He and President
Robert Kocharian are expected to discuss Armenian genocide claims and
the relationship between France and Armenia, The New Anatolian said.