TURKISH PREMIER TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN CAUSE WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT

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April 7 2010
Armenia

Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan is to hold meetings April 7 with the
President of the French Senate and with President of France Nicolas
Sarkozy.

DEUTSCHE WELLE reports that the Armenian Cause is on the agenda of
the first meeting. The Turkish Premier is going to demand that France
should not adopt a law on criminal responsibility for denying the
Armenian Genocide.

The Turkish Habergazete reported that the Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation will be high on the agenda of the Turkish Premier’s
meeting with the French President. Another issue on the agenda of
Recep Erdogan’s visit to France is the struggle against the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party. The Turkish Premier is going to inquire about the
reasons why the PKK activists arrested in France are not handed
over to Turkey. The Turkish Premier will also discuss the processes
of Turkey’s admission to the European Union (EU) and French-Turkish
economic relations. Recep Erdogan will try to persuade official Paris
to remove the obstacles to Turkey’s full members in the EU.

Thereafter the Turkish Premier is to hold a meeting with over 200
businessmen, as well as with representatives of the Turkish community
in France.

On April 6, the Turkish Premier and President of the French Senate
Gérard Larcher attended an opera performance on the closing of Days
of Turkey in France.

Rather serious security measures wee taken in connection with the
Turkish Premier’s visit to France.