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AFTER GENOCIDE BILL'S PASSING IN FRENCH SENATE, ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WILL BE MORE RIGID - POLITICAL ANALYST
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January 24, 2012 | 12:53
YEREVAN. - The French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes
the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, will have
a huge significance for the decisions of other EU countries, and the
European countries and EU organizations could follow France's example,
Caucasus Institute Deputy Director, political analyst Sergey Minasyan
stated during a press conference on Tuesday, and stressed that this
bill expresses the anti-Islamic attitude of the French society.
"If it continues in this way, the Genocide issue will become a
precondition for EU-Turkey relations," Minasyan said.
The analyst also predicted that Turkey's reaction will be heated and
rigid, which Europe will look upon negatively. "If Turkey's denialist
policy continues, several years later France could pass another bill
against the denial of the Genocide, but moreover with the principle
of paying a fine," Sergey Minasyan argued.
In his words, with this step both the Jewish Holocaust and the
Armenian Genocide are on the same level. "At the same time it was
understandable that this bill would not have passed if there had not
been French President Nicolas Sarkozy's political will," the political
analyst maintained.
To note, with a vote of 127 in favor and 86 against, France's Senate
passed Monday the bill that criminalizes the denial of the genocides
which this country has formally recognized. And these are the Armenian
Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. This bill sets a one-year prison
sentence plus a 45-thousand-Euro fine for anyone who denies these
genocides. According to the regulations, the French President will
ratify it within fifteen days. And Turkey had announced earlier
that if the bill were to pass, it will impose a number of sanctions
against France.
news.am
January 24, 2012 | 12:53
YEREVAN. - The French Senate's passing of the bill that criminalizes
the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide, will have
a huge significance for the decisions of other EU countries, and the
European countries and EU organizations could follow France's example,
Caucasus Institute Deputy Director, political analyst Sergey Minasyan
stated during a press conference on Tuesday, and stressed that this
bill expresses the anti-Islamic attitude of the French society.
"If it continues in this way, the Genocide issue will become a
precondition for EU-Turkey relations," Minasyan said.
The analyst also predicted that Turkey's reaction will be heated and
rigid, which Europe will look upon negatively. "If Turkey's denialist
policy continues, several years later France could pass another bill
against the denial of the Genocide, but moreover with the principle
of paying a fine," Sergey Minasyan argued.
In his words, with this step both the Jewish Holocaust and the
Armenian Genocide are on the same level. "At the same time it was
understandable that this bill would not have passed if there had not
been French President Nicolas Sarkozy's political will," the political
analyst maintained.
To note, with a vote of 127 in favor and 86 against, France's Senate
passed Monday the bill that criminalizes the denial of the genocides
which this country has formally recognized. And these are the Armenian
Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. This bill sets a one-year prison
sentence plus a 45-thousand-Euro fine for anyone who denies these
genocides. According to the regulations, the French President will
ratify it within fifteen days. And Turkey had announced earlier
that if the bill were to pass, it will impose a number of sanctions
against France.