Turkey is ready to share the pain of Armenians as they prepare to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 killings, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said following a French court’s rejection of a “genocide” denial bill, Huriiyet Daily News reported.
“We want to share the pain of those who are ready to share it with us,” Davutglu was quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency in an interview with state-run television.
His remarks came after France’s Constitutional Council struck down a government-backed law criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as genocide on the grounds that it contradicts the French constitution and violated freedom of expression; the council’s rejection was quickly welcomed by Turkey.
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