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FRENCH SENATORS EXPRESS INDIGNATION AT BEHAVIOR OF TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS: French senators Luc Carvounas and
Philippe Kaltenbach expressed their indignation at the behavior of
Turkish ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu, the statement released
by the senators runs.
"We consider the attempts of the Turkish ambassador to affect the
legislative processes ongoing in our country unacceptable," the
senators have stated.
Tahsin Burcuoglu addressed letters to the members of the National
Assembly and Senate of France calling upon them to boycott the bill
criminalizing the denial of the genocides. "We register with pain
that 77 senators and 65 MPs heard the call of the Turkish ambassador,"
the socialist senators stressed.
Carvounas and Kaltenbach insist that the calls of the Turkish
ambassador were accompanied with threats that the adoption of the bill
will have negative impact on the future of Turkish-French relations.
"Contrary to such behavior of the Turkish ambassador we once again
express our support to the bill and reiterate that it fully fits
the Human Rights Concept adopted by us," the senators wrote in their
statement.
Carvounas and Kaltenbach voiced hope that the Constitutional Council
of France will recognize the bill constitutional.
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS: French senators Luc Carvounas and
Philippe Kaltenbach expressed their indignation at the behavior of
Turkish ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu, the statement released
by the senators runs.
"We consider the attempts of the Turkish ambassador to affect the
legislative processes ongoing in our country unacceptable," the
senators have stated.
Tahsin Burcuoglu addressed letters to the members of the National
Assembly and Senate of France calling upon them to boycott the bill
criminalizing the denial of the genocides. "We register with pain
that 77 senators and 65 MPs heard the call of the Turkish ambassador,"
the socialist senators stressed.
Carvounas and Kaltenbach insist that the calls of the Turkish
ambassador were accompanied with threats that the adoption of the bill
will have negative impact on the future of Turkish-French relations.
"Contrary to such behavior of the Turkish ambassador we once again
express our support to the bill and reiterate that it fully fits
the Human Rights Concept adopted by us," the senators wrote in their
statement.
Carvounas and Kaltenbach voiced hope that the Constitutional Council
of France will recognize the bill constitutional.