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    Sarkozy did not want to hurt Turks - Kiro Manoyan

    13:00 - 05.05.11


    The French Senate's recent move to reject the bill penalizing the
    denial of the Armenian Genocide can be seen as an attempt not to hurt
    Turkey, a senior Dashnak representative has said.

    Speaking to Tert.am, Kiro Manoyan, the director of the Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaksutyun, ( ARF-D) office of Hay Dat
    and Political Affairs, said he believes France continues to
    acknowledge the Armenian Genocide but as the country is against
    Turkey's EU membership it refrained from exerting additional pressures
    on it.

    "I don't think France has changed its position on the Armenian
    Genocide. Sarkozy is strictly against Turkey's EU process, that's why
    it did not want to press the county. I find this to be the main reason
    behind rejecting [the bill]," he said.

    At its session on Wednesday, the French senate did not approve the
    penalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide. The resolution was
    rejected in a vote of 196 to 74.


    Tert.am




    From: A. Papazian
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