President of France Nicolas Sarkozy and Armenian community members won’t discuss any pressing issues.

The meeting between Sarkozy and representatives of Armenian community is a part of awarding National Order of the Legion of Honor to Arsène Tchakarian, hero of World War II, member of Manouchian Group.

Today, March 7, 8.30 pm Yerevan time, Sarkozy will meet representatives of Armenian community, according to Le Figaro.

The decision was taken a week later after the French Constitutional Council resolved to kill the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.

The French Constitutional Council on Feb 28 ruled the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial adopted earlier by the Senate of France as unconstitutional. The Council justified it by the fact that the law “contradicts Article 33 of the Constitution of France and the freedom of speech”.

On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill with 127 votes for and 86 against. If signed into law by the President, 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.

Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara halted political and military cooperation with France and was threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took effect.