Turkey won't carry out threats even if France adopts Genocide bill – expertDecember 19, 2011 - 13:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Caucasus Institute director commented on a possible response of Turkey in case of France’s adoption of a bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial. Replying to PanARMENIAN.Net reporter’s question at news conference in Yerevan, Alexander Iskandaryan predicted Ankara’s nervous response, however was sceptical that Turkey’s threats will be carried out. “France is an important actor in Europe, so I doubt Turkey's threats of severing ties with the official Paris will be executed,” the expert noted. However, Iskandaryan refused to make forecasts as to the possibility of adoption of the bill in question. A draft law envisaging a one-year prison sentence and 45,000 euro fine for denying the Armenian Genocide is due to go before French parliament December 22. As Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as well as Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said earlier, Ankara will retaliate by all diplomatic means if the French senate approves the bill penalizing Genocide denial. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |