ROYAL HAS ONE CONDITION: "RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE"
Sabah, Turkey
April 4 2007
The most powerful candidate in the presidential election in France,
Royal: "Turkey can access the EU if it recognizes the Armenian
genocide."
Segolene Royal, the candidate from the Socialist Party spoke before
the elections to be held this month: "Turkey should make progress
about recognizing its crimes in the past. If I win the election,
my official opinion for foreign affairs will be making the denial of
the genocide a crime."
"Penalty for denying genocide" should become a law
France’s powerful presidential candidate, Segolene Royal, mentioned the
Armenian genocide in an interview with an Armenian magazine: "Turkey
should recognize its crimes in the past to become a member of the EU."
The candidate from the Socialist party, Segolene Royal states:
"we know that Turkey should make progress in regards to recognizing
its crimes in the past. If I win the election, my official opinion
on foreign affairs will be making the denial of a genocide a crime."
Royal, the strongest supporter of the Armenian genocide bill, made
a commitment that the bill passed from in the parliament will be
enforced as a law.
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