France will favor Turkey for EU, Minister assures![]() April 25, 2012 - 12:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France’s policy toward Turkey’s EU accession process will change regardless of the second round of the country’s presidential elections, European Union Minister Egemen Bağış said, Hurriyet Daily News reported. “It is not in the interest of both the Socialists and the Union for a Popular Movement [UMP] to be against Turkey’s EU membership, but it contradicts France’s national interest to be against Turkey’s EU membership with such strong language,” Bağış told journalists at a press conference in Istanbul. According to him, Sarkozy’s appearance at the Armenian Genocide commemoration event in Paris on April 24 is nothing but “political exploitation.” ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |