PARIS
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday congratulated Francois Hollande for having been elected France's new President on Sunday.
In a written message sent to Hollande, President Gul wished that Hollande's election would contribute to the development of bilateral relations.
We expect the Hollande administration to take into consideration Turkey's sensitivities, Gul said in his message.
Turkish-French relations were seriously hurt when the previous French administration blocked Turkey from negotiating certain chapters in its EU process and the French Parliament had adopted a law criminalizing the rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915.
Hollande made a promise to the Armenian diaspora that he would bring up the Armenian law at the Council of Europe if elected. The Council of Europe previously rejected the Armenian law.
