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Hurriyet, Turkey
Jan 7 2012
`Genocide bill' hard to put into practice: PACE
ISTANBUL
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
(PACE) said Jan. 6 the French Senate might pass the resolution
criminalizing the denial of Armenian `genocide,' but the law could not
be implemented.
Mevlüt Ã?avusoÄ?lu told Anatolia news agency that the Senate would most
probably adopt the resolution, but PACE-member French lawmakers were
against the resolution. `French lawmakers do not take this resolution
seriously,' he said. Ã?avusoÄ?lu said French President Nicolas Sarkozy
backed the resolution after Turkey became more popular in North
African countries. France.
Meanwhile, the Socialist Party, which holds the majority in the
Senate, held a five-hour-long information meeting with several groups
and officials and consulted with Turkish and Armenian associations,
historians and constitution drafters, daily Hürriyet reported.
January/07/2012
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Jan 7 2012
`Genocide bill' hard to put into practice: PACE
ISTANBUL
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
(PACE) said Jan. 6 the French Senate might pass the resolution
criminalizing the denial of Armenian `genocide,' but the law could not
be implemented.
Mevlüt Ã?avusoÄ?lu told Anatolia news agency that the Senate would most
probably adopt the resolution, but PACE-member French lawmakers were
against the resolution. `French lawmakers do not take this resolution
seriously,' he said. Ã?avusoÄ?lu said French President Nicolas Sarkozy
backed the resolution after Turkey became more popular in North
African countries. France.
Meanwhile, the Socialist Party, which holds the majority in the
Senate, held a five-hour-long information meeting with several groups
and officials and consulted with Turkish and Armenian associations,
historians and constitution drafters, daily Hürriyet reported.
January/07/2012
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress