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ADOPTION OF FRENCH "GENOCIDE" LAW CAUSED BY COMPLEXES - TURKISH FM
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Dec 26 2011
Azerbaijan
26 December 2011, 02:12 (GMT+04:00) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu reacted to adoption of a law by French Senate that penalizes
denying of the so-called "Armenian genocide" saying that it is a
complex before Turkey's rising power, TRT English reported.
Criticizing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Davutoglu said that
the bill is not a matter of principle.
Davutoglu, who attended a program on TRT-1 television, referred to
President Sarkozy.
"If 5, 10 or 50 thousand Turks take to the streets and unfurl banners
reading "We do not recognize this law" will you arrest them all?
Passing this law has no humanitarian or principled aspect. It is
totally utilitarianism and a complex before Turkey's rising power",
Davutoglu said.
On Thursday, the French parliament adopted a bill criminalizing denial
of the so-called "Armenian Genocide".
A member of the French president's party, the Union for a Popular
Movement (UMP) which has the parliamentary majority, presented the
bill to the legislative committee of the National Assembly earlier
this month.
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs participated in the voting, 38 of which
voted for, while 7 voted against the adoption of the bill.
The bill envisages about one year imprisonment and a fine worth 45,000
euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey -
Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu and to date has achieved recognition of the "Armenian
Genocide" by the parliaments of some countries.
Davutoglu also expressed clearly the attitude to be assumed by Turkey
regarding the upcoming assuming of the EU term presidency by Greek
Cypriots in July 2012.
"If a [conflict] settlement is reached by June 30, this is the ideal
way. Turkey will be pleased to see a unified Cyprus and not the
Southern Greek Cypriot sector as the EU term president and will have
relations at the best level but if the President of such a Cyprus
will be Greek Cypriot its Foreign Minister should be Turkish",
Davutoglu said.
Trend
Dec 26 2011
Azerbaijan
26 December 2011, 02:12 (GMT+04:00) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu reacted to adoption of a law by French Senate that penalizes
denying of the so-called "Armenian genocide" saying that it is a
complex before Turkey's rising power, TRT English reported.
Criticizing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Davutoglu said that
the bill is not a matter of principle.
Davutoglu, who attended a program on TRT-1 television, referred to
President Sarkozy.
"If 5, 10 or 50 thousand Turks take to the streets and unfurl banners
reading "We do not recognize this law" will you arrest them all?
Passing this law has no humanitarian or principled aspect. It is
totally utilitarianism and a complex before Turkey's rising power",
Davutoglu said.
On Thursday, the French parliament adopted a bill criminalizing denial
of the so-called "Armenian Genocide".
A member of the French president's party, the Union for a Popular
Movement (UMP) which has the parliamentary majority, presented the
bill to the legislative committee of the National Assembly earlier
this month.
Some 45 out of 577 French MPs participated in the voting, 38 of which
voted for, while 7 voted against the adoption of the bill.
The bill envisages about one year imprisonment and a fine worth 45,000
euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey -
Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu and to date has achieved recognition of the "Armenian
Genocide" by the parliaments of some countries.
Davutoglu also expressed clearly the attitude to be assumed by Turkey
regarding the upcoming assuming of the EU term presidency by Greek
Cypriots in July 2012.
"If a [conflict] settlement is reached by June 30, this is the ideal
way. Turkey will be pleased to see a unified Cyprus and not the
Southern Greek Cypriot sector as the EU term president and will have
relations at the best level but if the President of such a Cyprus
will be Greek Cypriot its Foreign Minister should be Turkish",
Davutoglu said.