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INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCHED AGAINST TURKISH MINISTER WHO DENIED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
news.am
February 06, 2012 | 16:00
The Prosecutor's Office of Switzerland's Canton of Zurich launched
an inquiry against Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis.
The proceedings were launched after when Bagis had stated in Zurich,
and while returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos, that
there was no Armenian Genocide, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.
And in an interview with Anadolu News Agency, Zurich's Prosecutor
Christine Braunschweig confirmed the launching of this investigation
against the Turkish minister, and stressed that it is underway pursuant
to the Swiss Criminal Code.
In Zurich, Egemen Bagis had said: "I declare in Switzerland today
that the events of 1915 were not genocide. Let them come and arrest me.
Those laws are nothing but a piece of paper."
news.am
February 06, 2012 | 16:00
The Prosecutor's Office of Switzerland's Canton of Zurich launched
an inquiry against Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis.
The proceedings were launched after when Bagis had stated in Zurich,
and while returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos, that
there was no Armenian Genocide, Hurriyet daily of Turkey informs.
And in an interview with Anadolu News Agency, Zurich's Prosecutor
Christine Braunschweig confirmed the launching of this investigation
against the Turkish minister, and stressed that it is underway pursuant
to the Swiss Criminal Code.
In Zurich, Egemen Bagis had said: "I declare in Switzerland today
that the events of 1915 were not genocide. Let them come and arrest me.
Those laws are nothing but a piece of paper."