French Senate's rejection of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial might suggest that the French legislation has already envisaged enough measures to suppress any attempt at Genocide negation, according to French Ambassador to Armenia.

As Henri Reynaud noted at news conference in Yerevan, “French Senate might have considered that the law on Genocide negation isn't the best means for condemning the Armenian Genocide.” As the Ambassador remarked, he, as a representative of an executive authority, has no right to comment on the decisions of a legislative body.

As the Ambassador reminded, France became one of the first states to have recognized the Armenian Genocide at a legislative level, with French Justice Minister having given specific instructions to persecute any negation of Genocide. The ambassador, however, refused to reply the journalists' question as to why the French Parliament adopted and criminalized a law on Holocaust denial.

The French Senate on May 4 did not consider the resolution that if passed would criminalize the denial of the Armenian Genocide in France. With a vote 196 to 74, the senate blocked a formal debate on the issue.