Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country is ready to open the archives for historians to study the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.

His remarks came in response to the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial which is set to the discussion in the French parliament.

“But if the method facing the truths was denied and dogmas started to come up, then we start talking over the French colonialism where ever we go,” Turkish Anadolu agency quotes Davutoglu as saying.

In his turn head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu said France’s move is a part of election campaign. He stressed that Nicolas Sarkozy is using Turkey as a tool for his interests, Today’s Zaman reports.

The National Assembly of France will discuss the bill on December 22.