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  • In Sofia, FM Gul Discusses Armenian Genocide Matter With French FM27

    IN SOFIA, FM GUL DISCUSSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MATTER WITH FRENCH FM 27-28 APRIL

    Yerevan, May 2. ArmInfo. At an unofficial meeting of NATO ministers
    last week in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, Turkish Foreign Minister
    Abdullah Gul touched on the Armenian genocide matter in comments
    to French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, reports Hurriyet
    on-line.

    Referring to the drafts of 5 different bills in the French Parliament
    which propose jail sentences for people denying the Armenian genocide,
    Gul said to Blazy: "You are planning on giving prison sentences to
    those who deny the Armenian genocide. But let's say that either I or
    the President of Turkey make an official visit to France, and that at
    a press conference there, upon questioning from reporters, we say 'The
    accusations of genocide are lies. They have no ties to reality.' What
    would you do, throw us in prison? Would this suit France, a country
    which is one of the champions of freedom of expression and thought
    in Europe? So you are essentially giving one side the right to do
    whatever they want, while you deny the other side the right to express
    its feelings about lies that are being told about it. This perspective
    runs contrary to European values."

    It should be noted that Hurriyet says nothing about the French FM's
    answer to Gul's rhetorical question.
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