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FRANCE OFFERS TO HOST TURKISH-ARMENIAN HISTORY MEETING
Hurriyet Daily News
Nov 18 2011
Turkey
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe speaks during a press conference
in Ankara today. AFP photo
France's foreign minister today said that his country could host a
Turkish-Armenian joint history commission meeting.
Alain Juppe defined the incidents of 1915 as a challenging issue,
and all countries were making a memory homework about their history.
Such a memory homework could be done in a history commission, Juppe
told a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu in Ankara.
Juppe defined those days as a troublesome for both Turkey and Armenia,
and said France may host a joint history meeting.
The French foreign minister expressed thought that a significant
progress could be made in such a meeting.
Davutoglu, in his part, said Turkey had accepted Juppe's call for
establishment of a joint history commission to investigate incidents
of 1915.
"We are ready to discuss our own history and other countries' history
in an atmosphere of mutual respect and freedom," he said.
Davutoglu said however, Turkey was against laws and resolutions that
would make its self-defense impossible, and noted that there was such
a resolution at the French Senate today.
"Implementation of this resolution is against French intellectual
tradition and freedom of thought," Davutoglu said.
Davutoglu said Turkey would welcome any initiative from France
regarding establishment of a joint history commission between Turkey
and Armenia, and hoped that it would contribute to Turkish-Armenian
rapprochement and normalize relations.
In 2005, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to
the then Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and proposed to establish
a joint commission of historians to study the Ottoman-era incidents
of 1915.
Hurriyet Daily News
Nov 18 2011
Turkey
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe speaks during a press conference
in Ankara today. AFP photo
France's foreign minister today said that his country could host a
Turkish-Armenian joint history commission meeting.
Alain Juppe defined the incidents of 1915 as a challenging issue,
and all countries were making a memory homework about their history.
Such a memory homework could be done in a history commission, Juppe
told a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu in Ankara.
Juppe defined those days as a troublesome for both Turkey and Armenia,
and said France may host a joint history meeting.
The French foreign minister expressed thought that a significant
progress could be made in such a meeting.
Davutoglu, in his part, said Turkey had accepted Juppe's call for
establishment of a joint history commission to investigate incidents
of 1915.
"We are ready to discuss our own history and other countries' history
in an atmosphere of mutual respect and freedom," he said.
Davutoglu said however, Turkey was against laws and resolutions that
would make its self-defense impossible, and noted that there was such
a resolution at the French Senate today.
"Implementation of this resolution is against French intellectual
tradition and freedom of thought," Davutoglu said.
Davutoglu said Turkey would welcome any initiative from France
regarding establishment of a joint history commission between Turkey
and Armenia, and hoped that it would contribute to Turkish-Armenian
rapprochement and normalize relations.
In 2005, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to
the then Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and proposed to establish
a joint commission of historians to study the Ottoman-era incidents
of 1915.