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FRENCH HOTEL DOES NOT LET TURKISH GROUP TO CALL ANTI-GENOCIDE BILL MEETING
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20.12.2011 17:37
A French hotel cancelled a reservation made by a Turkish delegation,
which is currently in Paris to lobby against a bill that aims to
penalize denial of Armenian Genocide in France, for a hall to call
a meeting on Monday, Turkish media report.
A delegation consisting of businesspeople, led by Turkish Union
of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) President Rifat
Hisarcıklıoglu and Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's
Association (TUSIAD) Chairwoman Umit Boyner is also scheduled to engage
in contacts with French business people with the aim of convincing
them to increase pressure on French officials regarding the bill.
They were planning to stay in the Intercontinental Paris Le Grande
Hotel and they also made a reservation for a conference hall in the
hotel for Monday evening last week in addition to room bookings. The
delegation was planning to have a meeting with nearly 200 people and
voice their opposition to the bill. However, the hotel cancelled
the reservation for the conference hall at the very last minute
and told the delegation that the hall was not available although
they had earlier reserved it for the Turkish group, TOBB Chairman
Hisarcıkoglu said.
The French parliament is set to vote on Thursday on a piece of
legislation that could make denying the 1915 events that took place
in Turkey as genocide punishable by up to one year in prison and a
fine of 45,000 euros.
From: Baghdasarian
armradio.am
20.12.2011 17:37
A French hotel cancelled a reservation made by a Turkish delegation,
which is currently in Paris to lobby against a bill that aims to
penalize denial of Armenian Genocide in France, for a hall to call
a meeting on Monday, Turkish media report.
A delegation consisting of businesspeople, led by Turkish Union
of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) President Rifat
Hisarcıklıoglu and Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's
Association (TUSIAD) Chairwoman Umit Boyner is also scheduled to engage
in contacts with French business people with the aim of convincing
them to increase pressure on French officials regarding the bill.
They were planning to stay in the Intercontinental Paris Le Grande
Hotel and they also made a reservation for a conference hall in the
hotel for Monday evening last week in addition to room bookings. The
delegation was planning to have a meeting with nearly 200 people and
voice their opposition to the bill. However, the hotel cancelled
the reservation for the conference hall at the very last minute
and told the delegation that the hall was not available although
they had earlier reserved it for the Turkish group, TOBB Chairman
Hisarcıkoglu said.
The French parliament is set to vote on Thursday on a piece of
legislation that could make denying the 1915 events that took place
in Turkey as genocide punishable by up to one year in prison and a
fine of 45,000 euros.
From: Baghdasarian