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TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES FRENCH COMMITTEE'S DECISION ON ARMENIAN BILL
Anadolu Agency
Jan 18 2012
Turkey
ANKARA (A.A) -January 18, 2012 -Turkish Foreign Ministry welcomed
the decision of a French parliamentary committee which approved an
amendment that might avert a debate at the Senate floor on a bill
making it a crime to deny Armenian allegations on the Ottoman era
incidents of 1915.
The committee displayed its common sense and respect to law with this
decision, said the Ministry on Wednesday.
Now, we are expecting general assembly of the French Senate to show
the same common sense on January 23, it added.
A committee with the French parliament approved today an amendment that
may avert a debate at the Senate floor on a bill which makes it a crime
to deny Armenian allegations on the Ottoman era incidents of 1915.
The bill is set to come to the Senate floor next Monday but French
Senate members could vote to uphold the Legislations Committee's
decision and drop the bill off the agenda without debating it.
The bill, which got the approval of the lower house of the French
parliament, makes denial of Ottoman era incidents of 1915 punishable
in France with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45,000 euro.
A similar bill - proposed by the Socialist Party - was approved in
2006 by the lower house but the Senate rejected to debate the bill
last May when it upheld the committee's decision back then.
Anadolu Agency
Jan 18 2012
Turkey
ANKARA (A.A) -January 18, 2012 -Turkish Foreign Ministry welcomed
the decision of a French parliamentary committee which approved an
amendment that might avert a debate at the Senate floor on a bill
making it a crime to deny Armenian allegations on the Ottoman era
incidents of 1915.
The committee displayed its common sense and respect to law with this
decision, said the Ministry on Wednesday.
Now, we are expecting general assembly of the French Senate to show
the same common sense on January 23, it added.
A committee with the French parliament approved today an amendment that
may avert a debate at the Senate floor on a bill which makes it a crime
to deny Armenian allegations on the Ottoman era incidents of 1915.
The bill is set to come to the Senate floor next Monday but French
Senate members could vote to uphold the Legislations Committee's
decision and drop the bill off the agenda without debating it.
The bill, which got the approval of the lower house of the French
parliament, makes denial of Ottoman era incidents of 1915 punishable
in France with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45,000 euro.
A similar bill - proposed by the Socialist Party - was approved in
2006 by the lower house but the Senate rejected to debate the bill
last May when it upheld the committee's decision back then.