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Hollande to visit Armenia on April 24
PARIS
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hollande-to-visit-armenia-on-april-24.aspx?pageID=238&nID=39914&NewsCatID=351
President Francois Hollande. ABACA photo
French President François Hollande is planning to visit Armenia on
April 24, the date Armenians commemorate the alleged Armenian genocide
in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, daily Hürriyet has reported,
citing sources in the Elysee.
Hollande accepted the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
in November 2012 to visit Armenia in 2013, the report said, adding
that Hollande aims to issue a `strong genocide message' to the
Armenian community living in France before local elections in 2014.
However, the French president will not bring forth the bill that
criminalizes denial of Armenian genocide allegations to the Senate due
to `technical difficulties' in the Constitution. The French
Constitutional Council annulled the bill last year.
January/27/2013
PARIS
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hollande-to-visit-armenia-on-april-24.aspx?pageID=238&nID=39914&NewsCatID=351
President Francois Hollande. ABACA photo
French President François Hollande is planning to visit Armenia on
April 24, the date Armenians commemorate the alleged Armenian genocide
in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, daily Hürriyet has reported,
citing sources in the Elysee.
Hollande accepted the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
in November 2012 to visit Armenia in 2013, the report said, adding
that Hollande aims to issue a `strong genocide message' to the
Armenian community living in France before local elections in 2014.
However, the French president will not bring forth the bill that
criminalizes denial of Armenian genocide allegations to the Senate due
to `technical difficulties' in the Constitution. The French
Constitutional Council annulled the bill last year.
January/27/2013