 Azerbaijani expert says Genocide bill adoption blow to democracy  January 24, 2012 - 11:10 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - According to Azerbaijani political scientist, member of Trend Expert Council Fikret Sadikhov, France’s adoption of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide is “a blow to the freedom of speech and democratic principles.” “France does everything to be treated as a country which stamps out principles of democracy and freedom of speech,” the political scientist said, commenting on the French Senate’s adoption of the bill. The French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. “Of course, we should take into consideration the fact that the leadership and political elite of France are connected with Armenian lobby. It isn’t secret that France isn’t pleased with the rise of economic and defensive potential of Turkey, its growing role in the Islamic world and serious authority in international arena. It is surely a depressing fact but I think that it isn’t the last word to be said by French politics and public figures,” Sadikhov said.  Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Topic 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.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.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
