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NEW BILL TO BE INTRODUCED IN FRANCE THIS FALL
TurkishNY.com
July 10 2012
Armenian's claim that The French Government will "introduce in fall"
the draft law which criminalizes so called Armenian Genocide's denial,
writes L'Express.
In his turn, the French Senate's Socialist Party member Philippe
Kaldenbach on Monday stated that he applied to the Senate and National
Assembly chairmanships and asked them to form a parliamentary group
that will work on criminalizing the so called Armenian Genocide's
denial.
On Monday, Papazian was received by French President Francois
Hollande's advisor, so as to "sum up the results for organizing the
expected meeting with the country's president in July and to discuss
the bill, which the Government will prepare and introduce in fall."
Hollande's office said on Monday the president would stand by his
pledge, made to French Armenians while on the campaign trail ahead
of his election in May."The position is very clear, the commitment
will be met," a source at Hollande's office said.
But Turkey's minister for affairs with the European Union (EU) Egemen
Bagis has said there might be political motives behind the French
president's latest remarks supporting a new draft bill criminalizing
the denial of Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915. "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," said EU Minister & Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis,
prior to his meeting with Ross Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador to
Turkey and a high-level official from the Washington-based think-tank
Atlantic Council. "To every action, there is a certain reaction.
Turkey's stance against similar approaches in the past is clear,"
the minister said.
TurkishNY.com
TurkishNY.com
July 10 2012
Armenian's claim that The French Government will "introduce in fall"
the draft law which criminalizes so called Armenian Genocide's denial,
writes L'Express.
In his turn, the French Senate's Socialist Party member Philippe
Kaldenbach on Monday stated that he applied to the Senate and National
Assembly chairmanships and asked them to form a parliamentary group
that will work on criminalizing the so called Armenian Genocide's
denial.
On Monday, Papazian was received by French President Francois
Hollande's advisor, so as to "sum up the results for organizing the
expected meeting with the country's president in July and to discuss
the bill, which the Government will prepare and introduce in fall."
Hollande's office said on Monday the president would stand by his
pledge, made to French Armenians while on the campaign trail ahead
of his election in May."The position is very clear, the commitment
will be met," a source at Hollande's office said.
But Turkey's minister for affairs with the European Union (EU) Egemen
Bagis has said there might be political motives behind the French
president's latest remarks supporting a new draft bill criminalizing
the denial of Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915. "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," said EU Minister & Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis,
prior to his meeting with Ross Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador to
Turkey and a high-level official from the Washington-based think-tank
Atlantic Council. "To every action, there is a certain reaction.
Turkey's stance against similar approaches in the past is clear,"
the minister said.
TurkishNY.com