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ARMENIANS REJOICE AFTER FRANCE PASSES GENOCIDE BILL
International Business Times
http://tv.ibtimes.com/armenians-rejoice-after-france-passes-genocide-bill/3169.html
Jan 24 2012
France approved Monday a bill making it illegal to deny that the
mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was
genocide, raising the prospect of a major diplomatic rift between
two NATO allies.
Armenians rallied near the French embassy to celebrate France's
approval of the bill.
Senators in the upper house voted 127 to 86 in favor of the draft
law outlawing genocide denial after almost six hours of debate. The
lower house had backed it in December, prompting Ankara to cancel
all economic, political and military meetings with Paris and recall
its ambassador for consultations.
The bill had been made more general so that it outlawed the denial
of any genocide, partly in the hope of appeasing the Turks. It now
goes to President Nicolas Sarkozy to be signed.
Turkey's ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu told reporters he was
"saddened" by the vote and warned there would be permanent measures
taken against France.
Armenia, backed by many historians and parliaments, says about 1.5
million Christian Armenians were killed in what is now eastern Turkey
during World War I in a deliberate policy of genocide ordered by the
Ottoman government.
The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after the end of the war, but
successive Turkish governments and the vast majority of Turks feel
the charge of genocide is a direct insult to their nation.
From: Baghdasarian
International Business Times
http://tv.ibtimes.com/armenians-rejoice-after-france-passes-genocide-bill/3169.html
Jan 24 2012
France approved Monday a bill making it illegal to deny that the
mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was
genocide, raising the prospect of a major diplomatic rift between
two NATO allies.
Armenians rallied near the French embassy to celebrate France's
approval of the bill.
Senators in the upper house voted 127 to 86 in favor of the draft
law outlawing genocide denial after almost six hours of debate. The
lower house had backed it in December, prompting Ankara to cancel
all economic, political and military meetings with Paris and recall
its ambassador for consultations.
The bill had been made more general so that it outlawed the denial
of any genocide, partly in the hope of appeasing the Turks. It now
goes to President Nicolas Sarkozy to be signed.
Turkey's ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu told reporters he was
"saddened" by the vote and warned there would be permanent measures
taken against France.
Armenia, backed by many historians and parliaments, says about 1.5
million Christian Armenians were killed in what is now eastern Turkey
during World War I in a deliberate policy of genocide ordered by the
Ottoman government.
The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after the end of the war, but
successive Turkish governments and the vast majority of Turks feel
the charge of genocide is a direct insult to their nation.
From: Baghdasarian