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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

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