SARKOZY DEMNDS FROM TURKEY TO ABOLISH ARTICLE 301 OF THE PENAL CODE
Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 9 2006
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarcozy has promised Turkish
Prime Minister Rejeb Tayyib Erdogan to "block" adoption of the law
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide on condition that
the latter will exclude Article 301 from the Turkish Penal Code.
Turkish "Milliet" reports that the Interior Minister of France made
this interesting suggestion during the phone talk with the Turkish
Prime Minister, who had called Sarkozy, requesting to undertake
measures for preventing adoption of the bill in the French Parliament.
According to the source, Sarkozy demanded also to open the
Armenian-Turkish border.
Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 9 2006
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarcozy has promised Turkish
Prime Minister Rejeb Tayyib Erdogan to "block" adoption of the law
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide on condition that
the latter will exclude Article 301 from the Turkish Penal Code.
Turkish "Milliet" reports that the Interior Minister of France made
this interesting suggestion during the phone talk with the Turkish
Prime Minister, who had called Sarkozy, requesting to undertake
measures for preventing adoption of the bill in the French Parliament.
According to the source, Sarkozy demanded also to open the
Armenian-Turkish border.