Consultations will be held in Ankara with all Turkish Ambassadors accredited abroad, as it was the case with envoys to Paris and Ottawa – Osman Koroturk and Aydemir Erman, stated Turkish MFA Spokesperson Namik Tan. In his words, after the French Senate recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2001, Turkey also recalled Ambassador to France, who returned to Paris after a 6-month stay in Ankara.
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer is going to send a letter to Jacquest Chirac. Simultaneously, economic sanctions against Paris are considered. «Political circles of Ankara hope that French companies, specifically Renault, will oppose to Government decision,» Tan stated, reports the Marmara Istanbul-based newspaper.
