The reaction of French-Armenian organisations against Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu turned out to be a rallying cry to his compatriots living in France "to act against the Armenian diaspora in a more coordinated way". Çavuşoğlu said this during his recent visit to Strasbourg, where he met at the Turkish consulate with representatives of the Turkish community in France.
Franck Papazian, co-chairman of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organisations of France, said that with this report the Turkish minister encourages violence against French-Armenians.
"We feel threatened by the Turkish minister's words. We consider his words to be a call for violence and we expect the French government to take all the necessary protective measures," Papazian said, criticising the French government for "not reacting because it does not want to displease Turkey."
"The history of relations between the French and Turkish governments in recent years shows that Paris never gives appropriate answers to Ankara's insults and threats," Papazian said, calling on the French government to expel the Turkish ambassador, demand a public apology and hold Erdogan responsible in case of attacks by Turks.
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