Turkey's European Union (EU) minister and chief negotiator said on Friday that it would be better if the French president dealt with the union's future instead of history.
Egemen Bagis said Nicolas Sarkozy if Sarkozy worked on how his country could come out of the economic turbulence instead of assuming the role of historians, it would be more meaningful for France and Europe.
"If Sarkozy develops projects on the future of the EU, it will be more meaningful for not only EU-member France but also world peace and order," Bagis told reporters in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Bagis's remarks came after Sarkozy had said France could pass a law, similar to that in Switzerland, which would support Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915.
"Sarkozy must have been frightened with the results of recent political surveys in France so that he is assuming such approaches," Bagis said.
Bagis also said the duty of politicians was not to deal with history and some incidents that occurred in the past, but to set the future.
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