It would be well if in his statement Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Erdogan qualified the massacre of the Armenians in the Ottoman Turkey at the beginning of the 20th century as a genocide, President of France Francois Hollande said at the joint press-conference with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan in Yerevan, 13 May, when commenting on Erdogan's statement on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
To recall, in a statement issued on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the deeply contested deaths, Erdogan unexpectedly described the events of 1915 as "inhumane".
Hollande added that nevertheless he was trying to find positive aspects in Erdogan's statement as well. The French president emphasized that the Armenian genocide problem will be finally settled if Ankara recognizes it.