Genocide bill responds to Turkey’s failure to keep promises - expertDecember 24, 2011 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide derived from the failure of Turkish policy towards Armenia, a turkologist said. According to Anush Hovhannisyan passage of the bill by the French National Assembly is Armenia’s victory but “we should not forget that politics is based on mutual interest. For now, interests of Armenia and France meet.” Reflecting on Armenian-Turkish relations, the expert said that the story with protocols showed that Turkey has no intention to normalize relations with Armenia. “Adoption of the bill is a response to unfulfilled promises by Turkey,” Hovhannisyan said. On December 22, French National Assembly passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The draft law envisages a year in jail and a fine of 45,000 euros for those who publicly deny the Armenian Genocide in France. 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 | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. |