ARFD: French President will sign Genocide bill January 24, 2012 - 13:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARD Dashnaktsutyun Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director believes there’s a real chance for the French President Nicolas Sarkozy to sign the bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. Dwelling on passage of the draft law by the French Senate, Kiro Manoyanunderscored the importance of adopting a similar bill beyond Turkey’s borders, which may bring about a chain reaction in the future. “The passage of the bill is unlikely to affect development of Armenia-Turkey ties due to their currently being at a standstill,” Mr. Manoyan said. On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for 86 against. On December 22, 2011, the bill was adopted by the French National Assembly. Passed by the Senate, the bill will 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. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |