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27 August 2012 [20:26] - Today.Az
As opposed to engaging in a distortion of historical facts, France should have done more to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the framework of co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, Turkish EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis said, the Aksam newspaper reported on Monday.
Commenting on the news, which appeared on Monday in the Turkish media about the fact that French secondary school textbooks will include a section of the fictional "Armenian genocide" by the Ottoman Empire, Bagis noted that Turkey hopes France will not allow such a mistake.
"France should have looked at its own history and make greater efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, rather than distort the facts," he said.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey - Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians living in Anatolia, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide" by the parliaments of several countries.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
/Trend/
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