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FRENCH PRESIDENT AND FM DISAGREE OVER "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
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Feb 3 2012
Azerbaijan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe
disagree over the adoption of a law criminalizing the denial of
the so-called "Armenian genocide", CNN Turk TV channel reports with
reference to the French media outlets.
According to the French media outlets, Alain Juppe, who is against
the adoption of this law, has been criticized by Sarkozy. After the
president's meeting with the ministers, Juppe decided not to uphold
his position and not to express his opinions on this matter aloud,
CNN Turk reported.
On Jan.31, French Senators collected required number of signatures
to submit to the Constitutional Council to demand a repeal of the
law criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Previously on Jan 23, after an eight-hour debate, the French senate
adopted the bill. Some 127 senators voted in favour, while 86 voted
against.
The bill demands a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euro for
denying the so-called "genocide."
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.
Trend
Feb 3 2012
Azerbaijan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe
disagree over the adoption of a law criminalizing the denial of
the so-called "Armenian genocide", CNN Turk TV channel reports with
reference to the French media outlets.
According to the French media outlets, Alain Juppe, who is against
the adoption of this law, has been criticized by Sarkozy. After the
president's meeting with the ministers, Juppe decided not to uphold
his position and not to express his opinions on this matter aloud,
CNN Turk reported.
On Jan.31, French Senators collected required number of signatures
to submit to the Constitutional Council to demand a repeal of the
law criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".
Previously on Jan 23, after an eight-hour debate, the French senate
adopted the bill. Some 127 senators voted in favour, while 86 voted
against.
The bill demands a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euro for
denying the so-called "genocide."
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.