NEW : Turkey calls the vote `` first and foremost a loss for France '' Turkey praises the vote and thanks the Armenian . Relations between France and Turkey have already deteriorated since the National Assembly -- the lower house of the French parliament -- voted to approve the bill in December . The French Senate approved the controversial legislation more than a million -86 . Turkey expressed anger over the bill when it passed The French Senate in Monday .
NEW : Turkey calls the vote `` first and foremost a loss for France '' Turkey praises the vote and thanks the Armenian . The French Senate approved the controversial legislation more than a million -86 . Turkey expressed anger over the bill when it passed The French Senate in Monday .