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TURKEY SAYS WELCOMES APPEAL OF FRENCH DENIAL LAW
Anadolu Agency
Feb 1 2012
Turkey
Turkish Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Turkey welcomed appeal of a
French law that penalizes denial of Armenian allegations on Ottoman era
incidents of 1915 to France's top constitutional body for annulment.
"We welcome this most honorable initiative. We will now wait for the
Constitutional Council's ruling which we believe would fit with the
France's rooted tradition of democracy and of rule of law," said the
Turkish Foreign Ministry in a press release.
French senators appealed earlier today the law penalizing denial of
Armenian allegations with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45
thousand euros.
Sixty-five MPs and 72 senators signed to appeal the law at the French
Constitutional Council.
The council is expected to make public its decision within a month.
Anadolu Agency
Feb 1 2012
Turkey
Turkish Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Turkey welcomed appeal of a
French law that penalizes denial of Armenian allegations on Ottoman era
incidents of 1915 to France's top constitutional body for annulment.
"We welcome this most honorable initiative. We will now wait for the
Constitutional Council's ruling which we believe would fit with the
France's rooted tradition of democracy and of rule of law," said the
Turkish Foreign Ministry in a press release.
French senators appealed earlier today the law penalizing denial of
Armenian allegations with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45
thousand euros.
Sixty-five MPs and 72 senators signed to appeal the law at the French
Constitutional Council.
The council is expected to make public its decision within a month.