France's Sarkozy urges mutual respect of views

France's Sarkozy urges mutual respect of views

PRAGUE - Agence France-Presse
Frances Sarkozy urges mutual respect of views

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy. AFP Photo

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday urged the mutual respect of views between his country and Turkey amid a row over France's criminalisation of the denial of the Armenian claims of genocide.
 
"I respect the views of our Turkish friends -- it's a great country, a great civilisation -- and they must respect ours," Sarkozy said in Prague where he is attending the funeral of late Czech president and revolution icon Vaclav Havel.