ANKARA: Turkish FM Thanks French MPs And Senators Rejecting Armenian

[Kanayan Tamar]

TURKISH FM THANKS FRENCH MPS AND SENATORS REJECTING ARMENIAN BILL

Anadolu Agency
Feb 1 2012
Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu thanked French
parliamentarians and senators who appealed the law on Armenian
allegations at French Constitutional Council.

Davutoglu, who is currently holding meetings in Belgrade, told AA
on Tuesday that the parliamentarians and senators claimed freedom of
thought, and he wished Turkish-French friendship would win in the end.

Now what we have to do is to wait for the decision of French
Constitutional Council, he said.

Earlier on Tuesday, French senators appealed the law penalizing denial
of the Armenian allegations on the Ottoman era incidents of 1915 that
was adopted at the French Senate.

65 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.

The French Parliament and Senate enacted the bill last week.

The law penalizes denial of the Armenian allegations with a prison
term of one year and a fine of 45,000 euro.