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PARIS - "I am having difficulty in understanding why a country like France, which is a pioneer in democracy, secularism and freedom of expression, has brought up a resolution on making denial of the so-called Armenian genocide a crime," said Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the Chairman of the Union of Chambers & Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB).
Hisarciklioglu, who is actually in French capital of Paris to lobby against the resolution presented by the Socialist Party, met representatives of Movement of French Enterprises (MEDEF) and French chambers of commerce at a dinner last night.
After the dinner, Hisarciklioglu told Turkish reporters that he expressed their concerns over the resolution.
Hisarciklioglu stated that Turkish-French relations would be hurt if the resolution is adopted.
"I told my French colleagues that they should behave with common sense and logic, and not with their feelings," he added.