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HOLLANDE TO PUT BILL FOR GENOCIDE BACK ON TABLE
Hurriyet
July 10 2012
Turkey
New French President François Hollande is set to put a new bill
on the table to criminalize denials of the 1915 events as genocide
despite improving Ankara-Paris ties following previous Turkish anger
at a similar motion by Hollandeâ~@~Ys predecessor.
France will present a new law punishing denial of the alleged Armenian
genocide in the fall, the head of a group representing Armenians
in France said a day after Ankara issued cautious messages on the
latest developments.
Franck Papazian, co-president of the Coordinating Council of Armenian
Organizations of France (CCAF), told Agence France-Presse he would
meet with Hollande later in the month to discuss the bill, â~@~\which
will be prepared by the government and proposed in the autumn.â~@~]
Hollande on July 7 confirmed plans for a new law criminalizing denial
of the alleged Armenian genocide.
Elaborating on Hollandeâ~@~Ys remarks yesterday in Ankara, Turkish
President Abdullah Gül said that in his bilateral meeting with the new
French president, they agreed to move Turkish-French relations forward
and strengthen ties while taking mutual interests into account. Turkey
will follow the outcome, Gül said, adding that they would not act
on speculation.
There may be political motives behind the French presidentâ~@~Ys
latest remarks supporting a new draft bill criminalizing the denial
of Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915, Turkish
European Union Minister Egemen BaÄ~_ıÅ~_ said yesterday. â~@~\As
the rate of the votes Mr. Hollande received in elections is close to
the number of votes he could not collect, he may be seeking to expand
his political ground,â~@~] BaÄ~_ıÅ~_ said. Turkey will now monitor
the steps to be taken by France, he added.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry is also paying more attention to
a statement from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius made in a
meeting between the two countriesâ~@~Y foreign ministers on July 5 in
Paris, a ministry official told the Hürriyet Daily News. During the
joint press conference, Fabius recalled that an earlier attempt to
penalize the denial of the genocide allegations was annulled by the
French Constitutional Council and severely hurt bilateral relations.
He added that a fresh attempt in Parliament would mean experiencing
such bitter times again.
Turkey has ended its sanctions against France thanks to Hollandeâ~@~Ys
positive approach toward Turkey in a restoration of ties that had
deteriorated under the rule of former French leader Nicholas Sarkozy.
The decision to end eight measures â~@~S mostly military â~@~S was
made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ~_an after he met with
Hollande in Brazil last month.
Hurriyet
July 10 2012
Turkey
New French President François Hollande is set to put a new bill
on the table to criminalize denials of the 1915 events as genocide
despite improving Ankara-Paris ties following previous Turkish anger
at a similar motion by Hollandeâ~@~Ys predecessor.
France will present a new law punishing denial of the alleged Armenian
genocide in the fall, the head of a group representing Armenians
in France said a day after Ankara issued cautious messages on the
latest developments.
Franck Papazian, co-president of the Coordinating Council of Armenian
Organizations of France (CCAF), told Agence France-Presse he would
meet with Hollande later in the month to discuss the bill, â~@~\which
will be prepared by the government and proposed in the autumn.â~@~]
Hollande on July 7 confirmed plans for a new law criminalizing denial
of the alleged Armenian genocide.
Elaborating on Hollandeâ~@~Ys remarks yesterday in Ankara, Turkish
President Abdullah Gül said that in his bilateral meeting with the new
French president, they agreed to move Turkish-French relations forward
and strengthen ties while taking mutual interests into account. Turkey
will follow the outcome, Gül said, adding that they would not act
on speculation.
There may be political motives behind the French presidentâ~@~Ys
latest remarks supporting a new draft bill criminalizing the denial
of Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915, Turkish
European Union Minister Egemen BaÄ~_ıÅ~_ said yesterday. â~@~\As
the rate of the votes Mr. Hollande received in elections is close to
the number of votes he could not collect, he may be seeking to expand
his political ground,â~@~] BaÄ~_ıÅ~_ said. Turkey will now monitor
the steps to be taken by France, he added.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry is also paying more attention to
a statement from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius made in a
meeting between the two countriesâ~@~Y foreign ministers on July 5 in
Paris, a ministry official told the Hürriyet Daily News. During the
joint press conference, Fabius recalled that an earlier attempt to
penalize the denial of the genocide allegations was annulled by the
French Constitutional Council and severely hurt bilateral relations.
He added that a fresh attempt in Parliament would mean experiencing
such bitter times again.
Turkey has ended its sanctions against France thanks to Hollandeâ~@~Ys
positive approach toward Turkey in a restoration of ties that had
deteriorated under the rule of former French leader Nicholas Sarkozy.
The decision to end eight measures â~@~S mostly military â~@~S was
made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ~_an after he met with
Hollande in Brazil last month.