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ARMENIAN MP HOPES FOR FRENCH PARLIAMENT TO ADOPT GENOCIDE BILL
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 16, 2011 - 14:23 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian MP Gagik Minasyan commented on
Armenian-Turkish normalization process as well as the bill
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial introduced recently to
the French parliament.
"Hopefully, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's words regarding the
Armenian Genocide recognition will encourage the French parliament
to adopt the bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial regardless
of Turkey's threats," Minasyan said
He noted discussion of the Armenian issue by Turkish public among
the positive results the reconciliation process yielded.
Armenian MP further hailed adoption of H.Res.306 by U.S. House of
Representatives calling upon Turkey to return the Christian church
properties it stole through genocide.
The French National Assembly is set to vote on the bill criminalizing
the Armenian Genocide denial on December 22.
On December 7, the Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly has
passed the bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer (UMP). The measure
envisages a 45,000 euro fine and a one-year imprisonment for the denial
of the Armenian Genocide, which was recognized by France back in 2001.
In the framework of his visit to Armenia, French President Nicolas
Sarkozy called for Turkish recognition of the Armenian Genocide and
resumption of Armenian-Turkish normalization process.
On December 7, the Judiciary Committee of the French National Assembly
has passed the bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide denial
introduced by MP Valerie Boyer (UMP).
On December 14, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a landmark
religious freedom measure, H.Res.306, calling upon Turkey to return
the Christian church properties it stole through genocide, and to
end its repression of the surviving members of the vast Christian
civilizations that once represented a majority in the territory of
the present-day Republic of Turkey.
On August 28, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree
on the return of Christian and Jewish religious property confiscated
after the 1930s. The properties involved include hospitals, orphanage
and school buildings, burial grounds.
The Turkish government also intends to pay compensation for the
property sold away. The property subject to return includes the former
hospital, orphanage, school buildings, cemeteries, shops, ground area,
as well as all assets of the Fund "Surb Harutiun" (Holly Resurrection).
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 16, 2011 - 14:23 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian MP Gagik Minasyan commented on
Armenian-Turkish normalization process as well as the bill
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial introduced recently to
the French parliament.
"Hopefully, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's words regarding the
Armenian Genocide recognition will encourage the French parliament
to adopt the bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial regardless
of Turkey's threats," Minasyan said
He noted discussion of the Armenian issue by Turkish public among
the positive results the reconciliation process yielded.
Armenian MP further hailed adoption of H.Res.306 by U.S. House of
Representatives calling upon Turkey to return the Christian church
properties it stole through genocide.
The French National Assembly is set to vote on the bill criminalizing
the Armenian Genocide denial on December 22.
On December 7, the Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly has
passed the bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer (UMP). The measure
envisages a 45,000 euro fine and a one-year imprisonment for the denial
of the Armenian Genocide, which was recognized by France back in 2001.
In the framework of his visit to Armenia, French President Nicolas
Sarkozy called for Turkish recognition of the Armenian Genocide and
resumption of Armenian-Turkish normalization process.
On December 7, the Judiciary Committee of the French National Assembly
has passed the bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide denial
introduced by MP Valerie Boyer (UMP).
On December 14, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a landmark
religious freedom measure, H.Res.306, calling upon Turkey to return
the Christian church properties it stole through genocide, and to
end its repression of the surviving members of the vast Christian
civilizations that once represented a majority in the territory of
the present-day Republic of Turkey.
On August 28, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree
on the return of Christian and Jewish religious property confiscated
after the 1930s. The properties involved include hospitals, orphanage
and school buildings, burial grounds.
The Turkish government also intends to pay compensation for the
property sold away. The property subject to return includes the former
hospital, orphanage, school buildings, cemeteries, shops, ground area,
as well as all assets of the Fund "Surb Harutiun" (Holly Resurrection).