"After genocide dispute, France smoothes relations with Turkey
PARIS: If the U.S. Congress has doubts about Turkey's threats to punish any country that calls the mass murder of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire genocide, they need look no further than France.
Ankara circulated unofficial guidelines discouraging business with French companies after Parliament here passed a first Armenia bill in 2001; exports plunged by nearly 40 percent. When a second bill - which would make it illegal to deny that the Armenians suffered genocide - was drawn up last year, the Turkish government cut off military relations with Paris, scrapping automatic overflight rights and port access."
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