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    TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY DENOUNCES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL

    The Voice of Russia
    Jan 24 2012

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry has sharply condemned the decision of the
    French Senate, which on Monday night approved a bill criminalizing
    denial of Armenian genocide. The ministry announced that France's
    decision would lead to loss of strategic partner. Ankara is considering
    possible downscaling of the status of diplomatic relations with Paris.

    In December, the document envisioning imprisonment for a term of up
    to a year or a fine of 45,000 euros, was approved by the National
    Assembly. At the time Turkey similarly condemned the parliamentarians'
    decision, recalling its ambassador in Paris for consultations.

    Now the bill must be signed within 15 days by French President
    Nicolas Sarkozy.

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