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TURKEY WARNS FRANCE ABOUT POSSIBLE REJECTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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http://en.trend.az/regions/met/turkey/1968063.html
Dec 12 2011
Azerbaijan
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned France's intention to
approve a law introducing criminal penalties for denying the so-called
Armenian Genocide, official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Turkey reported on Monday.
The report emphasises that the bill, which deals with sensitive events
in Turkey, is contrary to the principles of freedom of speech.
"The adoption of such a law at a time when relations between Turkey and
France are developing dynamically could be a fatal mistake resulting
in a negative impact on bilateral relations. France should be objective
and not distort historical facts," the report says.
MPs from the French President's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)
party which has the parliamentary majority, proposes a bill which
aims to criminalise denial of the so-called Armenian genocide to the
legislative committee of the National Assembly on Thursday.
A similar bill was considered and adopted by the French National
Assembly on October 12, 2006, but in May 4, 2011, was rejected by the
legislative committee of the Senate, which considered it unacceptable.
A new bill signed by 40 deputies from the UMP party and the New
Centre party provides up to one year's imprisonment and a fine of
45,000 euros for those who deny the so-called Armenian genocide.
The Armenians and their lobby claim that the former ruler of Turkey,
during the Ottoman Empire had carried out genocide against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915 and achieved recognition of these events
as being genocide by the parliaments of several countries.
Trend
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/turkey/1968063.html
Dec 12 2011
Azerbaijan
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned France's intention to
approve a law introducing criminal penalties for denying the so-called
Armenian Genocide, official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Turkey reported on Monday.
The report emphasises that the bill, which deals with sensitive events
in Turkey, is contrary to the principles of freedom of speech.
"The adoption of such a law at a time when relations between Turkey and
France are developing dynamically could be a fatal mistake resulting
in a negative impact on bilateral relations. France should be objective
and not distort historical facts," the report says.
MPs from the French President's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)
party which has the parliamentary majority, proposes a bill which
aims to criminalise denial of the so-called Armenian genocide to the
legislative committee of the National Assembly on Thursday.
A similar bill was considered and adopted by the French National
Assembly on October 12, 2006, but in May 4, 2011, was rejected by the
legislative committee of the Senate, which considered it unacceptable.
A new bill signed by 40 deputies from the UMP party and the New
Centre party provides up to one year's imprisonment and a fine of
45,000 euros for those who deny the so-called Armenian genocide.
The Armenians and their lobby claim that the former ruler of Turkey,
during the Ottoman Empire had carried out genocide against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915 and achieved recognition of these events
as being genocide by the parliaments of several countries.