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    Interfax, Russia
    Dec 23 2011


    Baku regrets passage of French bill to outlaw denial of Armenian genocide

    BAKU. Dec 23


    The approval by the lower house of the French parliament of a bill
    criminalizing the denial of "the Armenian genocide" is regretful, said
    Azeri Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev.

    "Turning a group of members of the French parliament into hostages in
    the hands of the Armenian diaspora causes regret," Abdullayev told
    Interfax, commenting on the passage by the lower house of the French
    parliament of a bill penalizing people who deny genocides.

    France, which mediates the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, "should not have
    turned into a hostage of the Armenian diaspora," he said. "The
    deputies who voted for the passage of this bill must also seriously
    approach the Khojaly genocide which took place in the eyes of global
    community," the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

    In the early hours of February 26, 1992, Armenian armed forces, backed
    by heavy equipment and personnel from the 366th Motor Rifle Regiment
    of the former USSR based in the town of Khankendi seized the city of
    Khojaly. As a result, at least 613 people were brutally killed,
    including 106 women, 63 young children and 70 elderly people; 487
    became disabled, 1,275 were captured and 150 went missing.

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