Turkish media: French Senate will debate Genocide bill Jan. 23![]() ![]() PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 23, France’s upper house of parliament, the Senate will place debate of the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial on the agenda, Turkish media report. “Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed adoption of the bill as part of Nicolas Sarkozy’s election campaign,” TRTHaber writes. 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. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |