САРКОЗИ ЗАВЕРШАЕТ ТУРНЕ ПО КАВКАЗУ. Он призывает к диалогу и говорит, что "конфликт не есть судьба, ни на Кавказе, ни где-либо еще".

Президент Франции Николя Саркози в пятницу вечером завершил свой короткий визит по трем странам Южного Кавказа. За тридцать часов поездки в регион французский лидер призвал к диалогу Армению и Азербайджан, а также Россию и Грузию. Выступая на площади Свободы в Тбилиси, Саркози заявил, что "конфликт не является судьбой, ни на Кавказе, ни где-либо еще".

В ходе своего короткого визита президент Саркози встретился с лидерами трех стран в их столицах.

Выступление французского лидера в Армении, в ходе которого он призвал Турцию признать убийства 1915 года как геноцид, и предполагая, что Франция может принять закон об уголовной ответственности за отрицание геноцида, вызвала резкую реакцию со стороны турецкого правительства. Министр иностранных дел Турции, Ахмет Давутоглу сказал, что "Страны, у которых в прошлом была не одна колония и которые относились к их жителям, как к людям второго сорта, не имеют право учить Турцию и требовать смотреть в лицо своей истории. Те, кто желают, чтобы Турция столкнулась со своей историей, должны сначала посмотреть в зеркало". Турции попросила своего посла в Париже, подать дипломатический протест французскому правительству по поводу речи президента.

Источник: commonspace.eu

Фото: Президент Саркози в Баку (фото любезно предоставлено пресс-службой президента Азербайджана)

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