Turkish ambassador leaves France amid genocide row

December 23 2011 10:33:39

Turkish ambassador leaves France amid genocide row

PARIS - Agence France-Presse

Burcuoğlu arrives at the airport. AA Photo

Turkey's ambassador to Paris has returned to Ankara for consultations following a vote by the French parliament to ban the denial of the Armenian claims, an embassy spokesman said.

Tahsin Burcuoğlu left from Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris with his wife on a 7.40am (0640 GMT) flight and is expected in the Turkish capital in the afternoon, spokesman Engin Solakoglu told AFP.

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