"France to 'grill' Turkey on all issues for EU bid
PARIS, Dec 20 (AFP) - France will put all issues to Turkey during negotiations over it joining the European Union, 'including that of the Armenian genocide,' French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Monday.
'What has to be done now is start membership negotiations which are going to be very long, very difficult, during which we will put all issues on the table, including that of the Armenian genocide, with the hope of obtaining a response from Turkey before membership,' he told French radio station RTL.
The 1915-1917 massacre of Armenians during the end of the Ottoman Empire has been a sensitive subject for Turkey, which has railed against other countries accepting the Armenians' account of the
bloodshed as a 'genocide'. "
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