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ANKARA - "We hope that French authorities will reject the draft law (criminalizing denial of so-called Armenian genocide)," Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Namik Tan said on Wednesday.
In his weekly press conference, Tan noted that French government has launched some initiatives to counter the draft law, stating that it was a positive development.
"(French) government has undertaken some initiatives against this bill," he stressed.
On the other hand, a delegation headed by Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the Chairman of the Union of Chambers & Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), met representatives of French Economy & Social Labor Council in Paris this morning.
Sources quoted Hisarciklioglu as saying in the meeting that the bill was against freedom of expression, stressing that it would harm relations between the two countries.
After holding talks in Paris, TOBB delegation left France for Turkey.