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TURKISH ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BILL WILL SERIOUSLY HARM FRANCE
Anadolu Agency
Dec 16 2011
Turkey
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan has said that a draft law
criminalizing rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the
incidents of 1915 would seriously harm France.
Caglayan, who is currently in Geneva, told AA correspondent on Friday
that the bill was brought up in France ahead of presidential election
set to be held in 2012.
It was a tactic by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to impress French
public opinion, he said.
Caglayan said Turkish people in Turkey and who were living abroad would
assume a negative attitude against French products because of the bill,
stating that therefore France would be affected negatively by it.
A French parliamentary commission adopted a resolution on Armenian
allegations regarding the incidents of 1915 last week. The resolution
will be voted at the general assembly on December 19.
The resolution envisages "one-year prison term and 45,000 Euro fine
for those who deny genocide recognized by French laws."
The French Parliament ratified a resolution saying that "France
recognizes the Armenian genocide of 1915" on January 29, 2011.
Anadolu Agency
Dec 16 2011
Turkey
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan has said that a draft law
criminalizing rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the
incidents of 1915 would seriously harm France.
Caglayan, who is currently in Geneva, told AA correspondent on Friday
that the bill was brought up in France ahead of presidential election
set to be held in 2012.
It was a tactic by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to impress French
public opinion, he said.
Caglayan said Turkish people in Turkey and who were living abroad would
assume a negative attitude against French products because of the bill,
stating that therefore France would be affected negatively by it.
A French parliamentary commission adopted a resolution on Armenian
allegations regarding the incidents of 1915 last week. The resolution
will be voted at the general assembly on December 19.
The resolution envisages "one-year prison term and 45,000 Euro fine
for those who deny genocide recognized by French laws."
The French Parliament ratified a resolution saying that "France
recognizes the Armenian genocide of 1915" on January 29, 2011.