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  • ANKARA: Belgium withdraws bill on so-called Armenian Genocide

    BELGIUM WITHDRAWS BILL ON SO-CALLED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Turkish Press
    June 2 2005

    Press Review:

    TURKIYE

    The Belgium Senate Justice Commission yesterday withdrew a bill
    proposing fines and jail terms for people who deny the so-called
    Armenian genocide allegations. The Armenian lobby was shocked by the
    decision. 'We finally decided to withdraw the proposal because we
    need to consider the issue more seriously," Belgian Prime Minister
    Guy Verhofstadt is reported to have said. The bill is now expected to
    be retuned to the Federal Assembly, which previously approved it and
    sent it to the Senate. Justice Minister Laurette Onkelix remarked that
    since a political institution should not evaluate historical events,
    the Senate has decided to leave the issue to the historians of both
    the Turkish and Armenian sides. /Turkiye/
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