On 29 January 2001, President of France Jacques Chirac adopted a resolution of the National Assembly of the country of 18 January "On Genocide of Armenians in 1915 in Ottoman Empire". This resolution led to the just protest of the government and public of Turkey, including spiritual leader Turkish Armenians, Patriarch Mesrop II against unfair decision. The Patriarch firmly rejected the fact of genocide, i.e. mass deliberate extermination of Turkish Armenians in 1915. However, France in the person of its political leaders and Parliamentary figures strained relations with a big East - European country, its NATO partner. As is known, the French action caused the burst of indignation in Turkey. Immediately, economic sanctions against French companies were employed. The question arises: what did the French people gain? The answer is evident: it lost, both economically and morally.
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