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Turkish Daily News
Oct 20 2006
Turkish Press Yesterday
Friday, October 20, 2006
The French made 'a bad mistake':
Yeni ªafak yesterday reported statements from European Union term
president Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja on the adoption
of a bill by the French Parliament making it a crime to deny claims
of genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turks.
The Finnish foreign minister said that the French Parliament's decision
was "a bad mistake" and expressed hope for its rapid withdrawal.
"Parliaments and governments are not to intervene in by legislating
which historical truths are to be allowed and which are not,"
he added. Tuomioja also said the bill would increase the power of
hard-liners in Turkey.
--Boundary_(ID_JZXbpfARPjIewtoWQcO4Jg)--
Oct 20 2006
Turkish Press Yesterday
Friday, October 20, 2006
The French made 'a bad mistake':
Yeni ªafak yesterday reported statements from European Union term
president Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja on the adoption
of a bill by the French Parliament making it a crime to deny claims
of genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turks.
The Finnish foreign minister said that the French Parliament's decision
was "a bad mistake" and expressed hope for its rapid withdrawal.
"Parliaments and governments are not to intervene in by legislating
which historical truths are to be allowed and which are not,"
he added. Tuomioja also said the bill would increase the power of
hard-liners in Turkey.
--Boundary_(ID_JZXbpfARPjIewtoWQcO4Jg)--