SARKOZY ATTACHES SIGNIFICANCE TO PROTOCOLS’ RATIFICATION
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April 8 2010
Armenia
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his French counterpart
Nicolas Sarkozy discussed Armenian-Turkish relations in the course
of April 7 meeting.
According to Turkish Sabah, Sarkozy accepted Erdogan’s invitation to
visit Turkey. Premier noted that Turkey’s only aim is full membership
to EU. French President also touched upon sanctions imposed against
Iran, however Erdogan expressed confidence that the issue should be
settled through negotiations. Sarkozy assured Turkish Premier that
France will support Turkey in its fight against terrorism, and PKK
in particular.
Armenia-Turkey relations were also in focus of the talks. French
President offered his assistance to reconciliation with Armenia,
noting that he is ready to make efforts to ease the process,
emphasizing the ratification of Armenia-Turkey Protocols.