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  • ANKARA: Turkish MPs Lobbying In Paris Against Bill On Armenian"Genoc

    TURKISH MPS LOBBYING IN PARIS AGAINST BILL ON ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE"

    Anatolia news agency, Ankara
    11 May 06

    Paris, 11 May: Turkish parliamentary delegation continues its lobbying
    activities in Paris against the draft law which envisions imprisonment
    to those "denying" so-called Armenian genocide (submitted by French
    Socialist Party).

    The delegation, which is comprised of [ruling] Justice and Development
    Party (AKP) parliamentarians Mehmet Dulger and Musa Sivacioglu as well
    as [main opposition] Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentarians
    Onur Oymen and Gulsun Bilgehan Toker, held its first meeting with
    Herve de Charette, deputy chairman of Foreign Affairs Commission of
    the French parliament.

    Following the meeting, Dulger told AA [Anatolia] that parliamentarians
    of French ruling Popular Movement Party (UMP) promised to do their
    best to prevent adoption of the draft law in parliament.

    On the other hand, Oymen said: "We conveyed parliamentarians that
    if the draft law is adopted, it will ham Turkish-French relations
    on a large scale. From now on, relations between the two countries
    should be based on a more different structure to eliminate lobbying
    activities against Turkey."

    CHP parliamentarian Toker said: "This draft law is not moral. Even
    if it is rejected, the draft law has already harmed Turkish-French
    relations."

    The draft law will be debated at French parliament on 18 May. It must
    be accepted at Senate to become law.
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