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    RULING PARTY: FICTITIOUS "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" LEVELED AGAINST BOTH TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN

    Trend
    Jan 31 2012
    Azerbaijan

    Regardless of where issue of the fictitious "Armenian genocide" is
    discussed in whole it is leveled both against Turkey and Azerbaijan,
    the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) said.

    "Before and during the discussion of the fictitious "Armenian genocide"
    in the French parliament the Azerbaijani side very sharply responded
    to it," Deputy Executive Secretary of the NAP, MP Mubariz Gurbanly
    told Trend on Monday.

    Earlier, some Turkish mass media outlets tried to diminish Azerbaijan's
    reaction to adoption by the French Parliament of the law criminalising
    the denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".

    Not only today but earlier when work on recognition in the French
    parliament of the fictitious "Armenian genocide" was carried out
    during the presidency of Heydar Aliyev the Azerbaijani Parliament
    and government very seriously responded to this, he said. A very big
    protest letter, related to this issue, was sent to the French Senate.

    "Later the Azerbaijani side noted Armenia and actions of the Armenian
    lobby damaged peace in the regions and we opposed the law," Mr
    Gurbanly said.

    Both on the eve of and during the discussion of this law in the French
    Parliament in 2011 the Azerbaijani side expressed its position.

    Address of President Ilham Aliyev at his meeting with members of
    the Turkish parliament, addresses of the head of department of the
    President's Administration Novruz Mammadov and the Azerbaijani Foreign
    Ministry, as well as protest letters of socio-political structures of
    Azerbaijan, the NAP, youth union of the NAP to the French parliament
    and protests of Azerbaijani journalists were published in mass media
    outlets. The Turkish embassy and Turkish public were informed on that,
    he noted.

    "As for some materials published in a number of Turkish mass media
    outlets in regard to this issue and speeches concerning allegedly weak
    support of Azerbaijan in this issue I believe it's wrong. I personally
    carefully familiarized with two publications of the Turkish press. The
    article's author asks why Azerbaijan didn't express his attitude toward
    this issue at governmental level. However Azerbaijan did express its
    attitude at governmental level," the MP noted.

    Azerbaijan openly demonstrated its position, he stressed. The Ministry
    of Foreign Affairs as official state structure disseminated statement.

    That's why it's inadmissible that such articles damaging strategic
    friendship and cooperation between Turkey and Azerbaijan are published
    in the Turkish press. It is regarded as attempt to direct Turkish
    public opinion to faulty course, Mr Gurbanly stressed.

    "That's why we believe such articles shouldn't emerge and as far
    as I am concerned Turkish public opinion is quite fully provided
    by information sent by Azerbaijan. I think in future need in such
    articles will fall away. It's impossible to refer these articles to
    all Turkish mass media outlets and I didn't meet such articles in
    the official press," Mr Gurbanly said.

    This is not of mass nature and isn't official position of Turkey,
    he noted.

    "The official position of the Turkish government is known, it
    knows that Azerbaijan and Turkey are allies and work carried out
    by Azerbaijan in this direction is also known to all people. These
    materials may emerge as a result of activities of groups located
    in Turkey that want to harm Turkish-Azerbaijani friendship," Mr
    Gurbanly said.

    On Jan.23, after eight hours of discussion, the Senate (upper chamber
    of the French parliament) voted for adoption of the law criminalising
    denial of the so called "Armenian genocide". Some 127 senators voted
    for, while 86 against.

    The bill demands about a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000
    euros for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide".

    Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
    - Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
    living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
    by the parliaments of several countries.




    From: A. Papazian
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