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BAGIS BELIEVES HIMSELF IN POSITION TO DICTATE FRANCE'S POLICY ON KARABAKH, GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 13, 2012 - 18:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian's and France's efforts in Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group have yielded
no results, Turkish Minister for EU affairs said.
"For this reason, Turkey hopes France will intensify its role in
conflict resolution, Egemen Bagis said.
Turkish Minister stressed the need for France to "address the issues
of Karabakh settlement and Azerbaijani refugees' fate instead of that
of the Armenian Genocide."
Sources say that 21-25 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in Azeri
subversive actions in recent days in Tavush- Ghazakh zone of
Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Azerbaijani authorities try hard to concoct reasons behind the
deaths and injuries on its side. In fact, these are saboteurs,
killed or wounded by Armenian armed forces who were trying to hinder
Azeri subversive acts. Thus, according to Azerbaijani authorities,
Azeri soldiers commit mass suicides, get blown up by mine, and die
in an accident.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication." Turkey reacted furiously
when the Senate approved the law. Ankara halted political and military
cooperation with France and was threatening to cut off economic and
cultural ties if the law took effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, the then
President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new
draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 13, 2012 - 18:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian's and France's efforts in Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group have yielded
no results, Turkish Minister for EU affairs said.
"For this reason, Turkey hopes France will intensify its role in
conflict resolution, Egemen Bagis said.
Turkish Minister stressed the need for France to "address the issues
of Karabakh settlement and Azerbaijani refugees' fate instead of that
of the Armenian Genocide."
Sources say that 21-25 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in Azeri
subversive actions in recent days in Tavush- Ghazakh zone of
Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Azerbaijani authorities try hard to concoct reasons behind the
deaths and injuries on its side. In fact, these are saboteurs,
killed or wounded by Armenian armed forces who were trying to hinder
Azeri subversive acts. Thus, according to Azerbaijani authorities,
Azeri soldiers commit mass suicides, get blown up by mine, and die
in an accident.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide. The bill envisaged imposing a 45,000 euro fine and
a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against
humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Later, the French Constitutional Council ruled that a bill adopted
by the French Senate making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide
was anti-constitutional.
In a statement the Council said the bill adopted by parliament on
January 23 represented an "unconstitutional breach of the practice
of freedom of expression and communication." Turkey reacted furiously
when the Senate approved the law. Ankara halted political and military
cooperation with France and was threatening to cut off economic and
cultural ties if the law took effect.
Immediately after French Constitutional Council ruling, the then
President Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the government to submit a new
draft law punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.