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    TURKEY HAILS FRENCH SENATORS' MOVE TO BLOCK GENOCIDE BILL

    Ahram Online
    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/33354/World/International/Turkey-hails-French-senators-move-to-block-genocid.aspx
    Jan 31 2012
    Egypt

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan praises move by group of
    French senators to block law banning Armenian genocide 'denial'

    Turkey on Tuesday welcomed a move by a group of French senators to
    ask the constitutional council in Paris to block a contentious bill
    outlawing and punishing denial of the Armenian genocide.

    "This move is in keeping with what we would expect from France. I hope
    the constitutional council will do what is necessary," Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by private NTV television.

    Erdogan wholeheartedly thanked, on behalf of the Turkish nation,
    the French parliamentarians who opposed the bill.

    In a move that sparked a furious reaction in Turkey, the French Senate
    last week approved the measure which threatens with jail anyone in
    France who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turk
    forces amounted to genocide.

    The left-wing group of French senators said Tuesday they had gathered
    72 signatures from senators opposed to the law, more than the minimum
    60 required to ask the council to examine the law's constitutionality.

    President Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news
    agency: "I have no doubt that the constitutional council will
    eventually make an appropriate decision."

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also hailed the French senators'
    move, saying that with this step France embraced its own values.
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    Ahram Online , Egypt
    Jan 31 2012


    Turkey hails French senators' move to block genocide bill

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan praises move by group of
    French senators to block law banning Armenian genocide 'denial'

    Turkey on Tuesday welcomed a move by a group of French senators to ask
    the constitutional council in Paris to block a contentious bill
    outlawing and punishing denial of the Armenian genocide.

    "This move is in keeping with what we would expect from France. I hope
    the constitutional council will do what is necessary," Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by private NTV television.

    Erdogan wholeheartedly thanked, on behalf of the Turkish nation, the
    French parliamentarians who opposed the bill.

    In a move that sparked a furious reaction in Turkey, the French Senate
    last week approved the measure which threatens with jail anyone in
    France who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turk
    forces amounted to genocide.

    The left-wing group of French senators said Tuesday they had gathered
    72 signatures from senators opposed to the law, more than the minimum
    60 required to ask the council to examine the law's constitutionality.

    President Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news
    agency: "I have no doubt that the constitutional council will
    eventually make an appropriate decision."

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also hailed the French senators'
    move, saying that with this step France embraced its own values.

    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/33354/World/International/Turkey-hails-French-senators-move-to-block-genocid.aspx

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