Ankara worries over 2006 Armenian year
December 23, 2005
NTV-MSNBC
ANKARA - The French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will be visiting Ankara in February, where the issue is expected to be raised.
The concern is that Armenians based in France will use the proposal to find grounds to gain publicity for the so-called Armenian genocide.
Four years ago, French President Jacques Chirac announced the decision that the period between October 2006 and April 2007 should be declared the “Armenia Year”.
Ankara has made its concerns known to Paris but did not get the response it expected.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
NTV-MSNBC
ANKARA - The French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will be visiting Ankara in February, where the issue is expected to be raised.
The concern is that Armenians based in France will use the proposal to find grounds to gain publicity for the so-called Armenian genocide.
Four years ago, French President Jacques Chirac announced the decision that the period between October 2006 and April 2007 should be declared the “Armenia Year”.
Ankara has made its concerns known to Paris but did not get the response it expected.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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