  Armenian FM: Genocide bill adoption won’t affect Armenia-Turkey relations  January 16, 2012 - 14:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister ruled out possible influence of adoption of the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial by the French National Assembly on the development of Armenian-Turkish relations. “Armenia-Turkey reconciliation is thoroughly a different issue that mainly depends on Turkey’s stance,” Edward Nalbandian said. Dwelling on Turkey’s threats against France, he dismissed them as “too weak to yield success.” On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire. The bill will be debated at French Senate on January 23.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Topics Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
