EU says France's "Armenian genocide" bill harms Turkey-Armenia reconciliation

"Turkey has been called on many times ... to achieve reconciliation on that matter, and to conduct an open dialogue with its neighbor Armenia," said EU spokeswoman Krisztina Nagy. She added that EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn "has made very clear over the last few days that if this law indeed enters into force it would prevent dialogue and the necessary debate to reconcile the different opinions on this subject." The Associated Press

/The International Herald Tribune/