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FRANCE'S STANCE IMPLIES RETURN TO INQUISITION, SAYS DEPUTY PM ARINC
Anadolu Agency
Jan 24 2012
Turkey
Strasbourg (A.A) -Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said
Monday that "France's stance (on the Armenian bill) implied a return
to the Inquisition".
In a press conference held at the Council of Europe, Arinc said that
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his close colleagues supported an
Armenian bill that would criminalize the denial of Armenian allegations
pertaining to the incidents of 1915 due to local political reasons.
A bill that would punish a certain thought would imply going back to
the inquisition in France, Arinc stressed.
Certain international news agencies ignored Turks' protests in Paris
against the Armenian bill and acted as if these protests did not take
place. This is a saddening situation, Arinc added.
Bulent Arinc said that Turkey had A and B plans regarding the Armenian
bill being debated at the French Senate today.
Arinc said that "in the event the Armenian bill got adopted at the
French Senate on Monday, Turkey had its A and B plans ready".
We hope that the French senators act with common sense. Otherwise,
Turkey would react by utilizing legal, political and diplomatic
channels, Arinc stressed.
If adopted, the Armenian bill at the French Senate would criminalize
the denial of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915.
Anadolu Agency
Jan 24 2012
Turkey
Strasbourg (A.A) -Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said
Monday that "France's stance (on the Armenian bill) implied a return
to the Inquisition".
In a press conference held at the Council of Europe, Arinc said that
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his close colleagues supported an
Armenian bill that would criminalize the denial of Armenian allegations
pertaining to the incidents of 1915 due to local political reasons.
A bill that would punish a certain thought would imply going back to
the inquisition in France, Arinc stressed.
Certain international news agencies ignored Turks' protests in Paris
against the Armenian bill and acted as if these protests did not take
place. This is a saddening situation, Arinc added.
Bulent Arinc said that Turkey had A and B plans regarding the Armenian
bill being debated at the French Senate today.
Arinc said that "in the event the Armenian bill got adopted at the
French Senate on Monday, Turkey had its A and B plans ready".
We hope that the French senators act with common sense. Otherwise,
Turkey would react by utilizing legal, political and diplomatic
channels, Arinc stressed.
If adopted, the Armenian bill at the French Senate would criminalize
the denial of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915.