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    YEREVAN AND ANKARA REACT TO FRENCH SENATE VOTE

    EuroNews
    Jan 24 2012
    France

    While Armenians in Paris celebrated the vote in the French Senate,
    official reaction from the Armenian government in the capital Yerevan
    has been predictably positive.

    Armenia's Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian said: "This day will
    be written in gold not only in the history of friendship between the
    Armenian and French peoples, but also in the annals of the history of
    the protection of human rights worldwide and will further consolidate
    the existing mechanisms of prevention of crime against humanity."

    Turkey's prime minister has yet to give his reaction, but the country's
    ambassador in Paris, Tahsin Burcuoglu left no doubt how he and the
    Turkish community felt.

    "It is a very sensitive issue for Turkey. Turkey will never accept
    such a case, such a law. And now everybody will pay some price,
    including Turkey, France, Armenia, the Armenian communities, the
    Turkish community here, everybody will be sorry."

    The prime minister is to outline retaliatory measures against Paris in
    the Turkish parliament later today - measures likely to be supported
    by ordinary Turks.

    "French people have betrayed their own values. The Turkish Republic
    is a great country and it will not lose. In the future, the loser
    will be Sarkozy and his team," said one resident in Istanbul.

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