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French MP says it is time to combine efforts to stop anti-Armenian
policy of Turkey and Azerbaijan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, September 19, 13:07
Ex - President of France Nicolas Sarkozy created the appropriate
conditions for the adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of the
Armenian Genocide, the incumbent president Francois Hollande must just
fulfill his electoral promise and pass the bill. French Union for
Popular Movement (UMP) MP Valerie Boyer, the author of the bill
criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide, made such statement in
an interview with the Armenian Public Television.
She said that Francois Hollande during the election campaign promised
to adopt the bill, but today he is waging a different policy towards
Turkey. "We will wait and see if the President will fulfill his
campaign promise. The centennial of the Armenian genocide is coming
soon, and we should bring the case to the very end. Political forces
in France should support this initiative," Boyer said. Turkey with his
hatred and aggressive policy contributed to putting the Armenian cause
on the European agenda.
In Turkey they have understood now that there are people in France who
are not afraid of them, the MP said. She recalled that after the
Senate passed her bill, she began to receive threats from Turks and
had to apply to the law-enforcement agencies to protect her family.
Valerie Boyer reiterated that she is going to put the bill on agenda
of the Senate and is currently lobbying for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by other European countries. As regards allegations
against ex-president Sarkozy saying that he could sign the Senate
Resolution criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide yet before it
was vetoed by the Constitutional Court, Boyer said that Sarkozy could
not sign the document before the verdict of the Constitutional Court
as it would be illegal. Boyer said that Sarkozy was a very brave
president and contributed to adoption of the Resolution despite the
protests by Turkey and a number of European countries.
Boyer is sure that if passed, the bill would soften Ankara's stance of
denying the Armenian Genocide and would prevent extradition and pardon
of the Azerbaijani murderer Safarov. Commenting on the reports that
Hungary extradited Safarov in exchange for Azerbaijani investments in
the amount of 3 bln euro, the MP said that she would not like to
believe that everything can be bought for money and oil. She called
inadequate France's response to Safarov case. Boyer thinks that it is
time to combine efforts to stop the anti-Armenian policy of Turkey and
Azerbaijan's challenges to Nagorno Karabakh, the French MP said.
policy of Turkey and Azerbaijan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, September 19, 13:07
Ex - President of France Nicolas Sarkozy created the appropriate
conditions for the adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of the
Armenian Genocide, the incumbent president Francois Hollande must just
fulfill his electoral promise and pass the bill. French Union for
Popular Movement (UMP) MP Valerie Boyer, the author of the bill
criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide, made such statement in
an interview with the Armenian Public Television.
She said that Francois Hollande during the election campaign promised
to adopt the bill, but today he is waging a different policy towards
Turkey. "We will wait and see if the President will fulfill his
campaign promise. The centennial of the Armenian genocide is coming
soon, and we should bring the case to the very end. Political forces
in France should support this initiative," Boyer said. Turkey with his
hatred and aggressive policy contributed to putting the Armenian cause
on the European agenda.
In Turkey they have understood now that there are people in France who
are not afraid of them, the MP said. She recalled that after the
Senate passed her bill, she began to receive threats from Turks and
had to apply to the law-enforcement agencies to protect her family.
Valerie Boyer reiterated that she is going to put the bill on agenda
of the Senate and is currently lobbying for recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by other European countries. As regards allegations
against ex-president Sarkozy saying that he could sign the Senate
Resolution criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide yet before it
was vetoed by the Constitutional Court, Boyer said that Sarkozy could
not sign the document before the verdict of the Constitutional Court
as it would be illegal. Boyer said that Sarkozy was a very brave
president and contributed to adoption of the Resolution despite the
protests by Turkey and a number of European countries.
Boyer is sure that if passed, the bill would soften Ankara's stance of
denying the Armenian Genocide and would prevent extradition and pardon
of the Azerbaijani murderer Safarov. Commenting on the reports that
Hungary extradited Safarov in exchange for Azerbaijani investments in
the amount of 3 bln euro, the MP said that she would not like to
believe that everything can be bought for money and oil. She called
inadequate France's response to Safarov case. Boyer thinks that it is
time to combine efforts to stop the anti-Armenian policy of Turkey and
Azerbaijan's challenges to Nagorno Karabakh, the French MP said.