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Turkey former state minister: France activity in OSCE MG impedes settlement of Nagorno Garabagh conflict

20 October 2006 11:01 (UTC +04:00)

He said that reason of taking such a step is Franceâ€™s policy against Turkey. The politician drew the attention to France presidentâ€™s last visit to Armenia.
â€œJacques Chirac visited Armenia a month ago. He did mention the invasion of Azerbaijanâ€™s territory and one million Azerbaijanis refugees, but sent severe messages against Turkey. He referred to Agri dagh as Armenia territory, asked us to recognize false Armenian genocide and said many times that â€œDo not forget, this is genocide against usâ€? while visiting Armenian monument. It means that if something happens to Turks and Muslims, the West will not take interest in this. But they worry when something happens to those of the same culture and religion with them the West show immediate reaction to this. France made it the part of its policy to fight against Turkey. It recognized false Armenian genocide in 2001 and then adopted a law which will punish those who deny false Armenian genocide by EU 45 000 and a year in jail. France denies EU human rights and Copenhagen criteria by this decision. It is a political war against Turkey. That is why I cannot keep the order given by former France president Mitterrand. I returned it to France embassy in Turkey. But the government did not show severe reaction,â€? Kamran Inan said.
The politician also touched upon France accession to OSCE. He said that he cast doubt on Franceâ€™s objectiveness in the settlement of Nagorno Garabagh conflict.
â€œFranceâ€™s activity in Minsk Group impedes the settlement of Nagorno Garabagh conflict. It remained indifferent in Bosnians genocide in 1992-95 when Miloshovich promised western leaders to remove Turks and Muslims from Europe. The west remained indifferent in 14-year-ago Khojali genocide too. They should be ashamed of their double-standard policy,â€? he said. /APA/