Switzerland and France two different cases, says Turkish FM

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday said that Switzerland and France were two different cases. Davutoglu's comments came after Switzerland launched an investigation Monday on recent remarks made by Turkish EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis on the incidents of 1915 in Switzerland. Switzerland and France are two cases that do not resemble each other. On one hand, there is a law supported by the political will in France and a completed process with penalties. On the other hand, there is an incomplete legal process in Switzerland, Davutoglu noted. Swiss Confederation President Michelin Calmy-Rey had criticized the handling of historic matters by politicians in a recent trip to Turkey, Davutoglu said. We have summoned the Swiss ambassador in Ankara to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Monday after Switzerland launched an investigation against Egemen Bagis, Davutoglu underlined. In a recent trip to Switzerland, Minister Bagis had said that the incidents of 1915 were not a "genocide". A law in Switzerland makes it a crime to deny Armenian allegations in regard to the incidents of 1915.