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    GARIK KERYAN: THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL'S DECISION WAS PREDICTABLE
    Nvard Davtyan

    "Radiolur"
    29.02.2012 15:14

    The decision of the French Constitutional Council on the bill
    criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide was predictable,
    Doctor of Political Science, Professor Garik Keryan told a press
    conference today.

    According to him, we deal with Turkey - a country, which plays a
    great role in the world; its economic and military potential is often
    decisive on many issues inside NATO, Turkey's geopolitical place
    and role cannot be ignored, either. "Naturally, Turkey uses and will
    use this privilege every time the genocide issue is on the agenda,"
    he said.

    "France has serious economic interests in Turkey, the two countries
    are members of the same military political organization. Turkey's
    pressures on Turkey do not mean that a powerful country like France
    is afraid of Turkey. France made a humanistic, a moral step, trying
    to adopt a law criminalizing the denial of the Armenian genocide, but
    the French have their state interests, and France could not but take
    into account Turkey's position here," the political scientist said.

    According to Keryan, either Sarkozy was not far-sighted enough to
    predict such developments, or tried to exert pressure on Turkey, well
    aware that the Constitutional Council would turn down the law. The
    political scientist considers that the second option is more probable.


    From: Baghdasarian
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