TURKEY HAILS FRENCH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Feb 28 2012
Germany
Feb. 28--ISTANBUL -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has
offered his congratulations to the French Constitutional court
following its decision to strike down a bill making it a crime to
deny that Armenians suffered genocide during World War I.
"By opting to protect the concept of universal human rights the French
Constitutional Court has decided in accordance with what everyone
believes to be European morals. We congratulate the court for its
decision," Turkey's state news agency Anatolian quoted Davutoglu as
saying Tuesday.
Separately, Anatolian quoted Turkish deputy Prime Minister Bulent
Arinc as stating that the French Constitutional Court had given the
country's politicians "a lesson in lawmaking."
From: Baghdasarian
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Feb 28 2012
Germany
Feb. 28--ISTANBUL -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has
offered his congratulations to the French Constitutional court
following its decision to strike down a bill making it a crime to
deny that Armenians suffered genocide during World War I.
"By opting to protect the concept of universal human rights the French
Constitutional Court has decided in accordance with what everyone
believes to be European morals. We congratulate the court for its
decision," Turkey's state news agency Anatolian quoted Davutoglu as
saying Tuesday.
Separately, Anatolian quoted Turkish deputy Prime Minister Bulent
Arinc as stating that the French Constitutional Court had given the
country's politicians "a lesson in lawmaking."
From: Baghdasarian