French Secretary of State for Industry and Foreign Trade Herve Novelli said the French parliament did not approve bill on 1915 incidents; the bill was adopted only by national parliament and presented to senate.

The bill bans denial of Armenian genocide.

Novelli said the adoption of that bill was not on their agenda.

Upon questions of reporters (regarding the French bill on 1915 incidents) during a ceremony at which Turkey's Halkbank and French Development Agency (AFD) signed a loan agreement, Novelli said sometimes politics intervened in economy.

Novelli said he arrived in Turkey with a crowded group of businessmen, and it showed their will to further strengthen the relations between Turkey and France.

On the other hand, Turkish State Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Nazim Ekren said they exchanged views on what could be done to further improve the quality of relations in area of economy between Turkey and France.

"This project is one of the things that should be done. Loan for small & medium scale enterprises should be considered a support for regional and company development," Ekren added.