Turkish Foreign Ministry expresses deep sorrow over statements of Chirac in Armenia

Foreign Ministry stated that it is not possible to accept Chirac's definition of the incidents (which occurred under World War I conditions in 1915 and were interpreted differently by many respected international historians) as "genocide".

"However, when several implementations during colonialism period of France were brought onto agenda last year, President Chirac had defended the view that historical incidents should be examined by historians," noted the Ministry.

"Turkish people have rightfully reacted to Chirac who is making groundless statements and giving an impression as if so-called Armenian genocide is among Turkey's EU criteria instead of supporting Turkey's proposal to Armenia to examine the allegations in a joint commission of historians which we have not yet received a positive response," added the Ministry.

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