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    GUL CRITICIZES FRANCE OVER BILLS PROPOSING JAIL TIME, FINES FOR "GENOCIDE" DENIAL

    Turkish Press
    Milliyet
    May 1 2006

    Press Review

    Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has sharply criticized France for five
    bills in the legislative pipeline proposing jail sentences of up to
    one year and fines for denying the so-called Armenian genocide. Last
    week, Gul met with his French counterpart Philippe Douste-Blazy
    during the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Sofia. Gul said that
    if Turkish politicians paying an official visit to France are asked
    by reporters about the so-called Armenian genocide, they would say
    that the allegations don't reflect the facts. "Then will you put
    these politicians in jail?" asked Gul.
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