France urges mutual respect of views

French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the mutual respect of views between France and Turkey amid a row over France's criminalization of the denial of the so called "Armenian genocide," NOW Lebanon reports referring to AFP agency.

"I respect the views of our Turkish friends - it's a great country, a great civilization - and they must respect ours," Sarkozy said in Prague where he is attending the funeral of late Czech president and revolution icon Vaclav Havel. "France is not giving lessons to anyone but does not want them either," Sarkozy said.


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