Turkey's foreign minister warned France Monday that is ready to take new measures against Paris, in a last-ditch push to fend off a bill that would make it a crime to deny that the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide. Turkey briefly recalled its ambassador to Paris and suspended military, economic and political ties when the bill was passed in France's lower house last month. The French Senate is scheduled to take up the bill later on Monday. “Turkey will continue to implement sanctions as long as this bill remains in motion,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters ahead of the debate. “We hope however, that this won't be necessary and that common sense will reign in the French Senate.” He did not spell out the measures Turkey would take if the bill — making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 by Ottoman Turks constitute genocide — is passed.
