Turkish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator, Egemen Bagis, said Tuesday that "France would pay a high cost if a resolution criminalizing the rejection of the Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915 gets adopted at the French Parliament on Thursday" ANADOLU Agency reported
Speaking in a program on Channel 24, Bagis said that Turkey faced a resolution in France that was presented due to internal politics and as a tool to garner support during the French presidential elections. Bagis said that Turkey would not remain silent towards France's using it as a domestic political tool. Commenting on French resolution criminalizing the rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915 which will be voted on December 22 at French Parliament, Bagis said that this issue was a problem of France too as much as it was of Turkey, adding that it was also a problem of French companies making business with Turkey as well as regional countries via Turkey.e