Largest employers' organization in France calls French companies doing business in Turkey to an urgent meeting

PARIS (A.A) - January 24, 2012 - The largest employers' organization in France, MEDEF, has called French companies doing business in Turkey to an urgent meeting on Tuesday. In a statement made to the French News Agency, a MEDEF representative said that an urgent meeting has been scheduled for French companies doing business in Turkey following the adoption of an Armenian bill at the French Senate on Monday. Turkish-French trade volume was worth 11.7 billion euros in 2010. Out of this amount, 6.3 billion euros consisted of France's exports to Turkey. France happens to be the sixth country in Turkey with most investments. An Armenian bill adopted at the French Senate on Monday would criminalize the denial of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915 in France with a prison term of one year and a monetary fine of 45,000 euros.