TURKEY ‘CRITICIZED’ JACQUES CHIRAC FOR STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.10.2006 12:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey criticized French President Jacques Chirac,
who said that Ankara should recognize the Armenian Genocide before
joining the European Union. In an official statement, the Turkish
Foreign Ministry says that these comments were "received with a
profound sadness". "Last year, when the practices of his country at the
time of the colonialism were for the international agenda, President
Chirac said that the historic incidents should be left with the
historians", the statement says. To remind, French President Jacques
Chirac during his first state visit to Armenia said that Turkey should
recognize the Armenian Genocide before becoming EU member. "Any country
increases by recognizing its dramas and its errors," he remarked.