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    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: TURKEY THREATENS FRANCE WITH SANCTIONS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    16.05.2006 14:30 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated official
    Ankara may apply trade and other sanctions against France, if the
    French Parliament adopts a law, providing for penalty for denial of
    the Armenian Genocide. Erdogan noted France's bill to criminalize
    denial of the Armenian Genocide is related to its domestic political
    issues. Erdogan said he met with representatives of French companies
    operating in Turkey and added that they are also worried over the
    current situation. Emphasizing that French President Jacques Chirac
    also voiced his discomfort over the bill during their conversation
    in Vienna, Erdogan said: "Chirac wants that the bill be decided by
    the lower wing and should not be carried to Parliament. He said the
    agenda of the French Parliament was already too busy."

    "Our patience continues up to a certain point. We want to reach an
    agreement and we will continue to act with patience, but I don't know
    what will happen if this process in France continues. We are not in
    the position of hostility; however, we can apply our own sanctions,"
    Erdogan said. He said that a country that has considerable investments
    in Turkey will of course be negatively affected with this kind of a
    situation, reports the Zaman newspaper.

    Discussion of the bill, which provides for a fine of 45 thousand
    euros or imprisonment of 5 years for denial of the Armenian Genocide,
    is planned May 18.
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